revoke
verb (used with object)
to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal.
was revoking
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past progressiveof revoke.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Then, on Sept. 23, he and Valladares were told that the city was revoking access to the baseball fields for both the league and the academy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Treasury Department said it was revoking, effective immediately, the license it had granted on June 21 to allow the sale of Iranian oil.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
In a memo on Friday, Mr Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the court who signed the agreement on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
Niger said last month that it was revoking its military cooperation deal with the United States following a highly contentious set of meetings in Niger’s capital, Niamey, with a high-level American diplomatic and military delegation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
He was revoking from an old October a dark-haired, clear-eyed girl amid the dahlias, and it seemed to him that Eugenia had shot up in a season like one of the stately flowers.
From The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
