as in cancellations
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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Recent Examples of rescissions
Trump didn’t extend Musk’s DOGE contract — the two fell out shortly after his departure, and, other than rescissions, the whole project has taken on a lower profile post-Musk.
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W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2025
The White House sent Congress a new rescissions package, targeting nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The White House sent Congress a new rescissions package, targeting nearly five billion dollars in foreign aid.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Cline, who voted for the first rescissions package this Congress, also belongs to the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The legislation would also restore funding to PBS and NPR and restrict White House budget director from targeting federal funding with pocket rescissions.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Trump had sent a package of budget rescissions to Capitol Hill, with the cuts also including billions of dollars in foreign aid.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescissions
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Bhupinder Kaur — director of operations at United Sikhs, a national human and civil rights organization — has told The Times that the cancellations disproportionately affect Sikh, Punjabi, Latino and other immigrant drivers who are essential to California’s freight economy.—
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More cancellations are expected.—
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Boise’s ordinance repeals that section, making those streets subject to a default speed limit of 20 miles per hour.—
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These partial repeals were less effective, producing smaller and less persistent increases in vaccination rates than those from total repeal.—
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“Rescissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescissions. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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