abolition

Adriana Vink, a senior at Cornell, is calling for the abolition of fraternities on campus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We want to return to this state permanently and therefore demand the abolition of the Video Assistant Referee in German football."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

With the abolition of residential qualification for overseas players, the counties scrambled to sign world superstars like Barry Richards and Greg Chappell for the 1968 season, and Notts won the fierce race for Sobers' signature.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

My hope for this country: Revolution, liberation, abolition, community care, mutual aid, public services that actually allow people to thrive instead of like constant competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Now, the flames of abolition were spreading and growing hotter, threatening a firestorm that could destroy the nation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

But the think tank argues abolitions also cost money and time in the short term, with services disrupted when powers are transferred.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

Further abolitions and moratoriums since then mean that most countries no longer use the punishment, although several large nations including China, Iran and the United States maintain it.

From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2021

Through most of the last century, “there was a strategic withdrawal from capital punishment as business-as-usual in European nations, long before abolitions started to spread.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2014

"We're sleepin' late, account of them midnight abolitions."

From Sundown Slim by Anton Otto Fischer

The English reductions and abolitions extended beyond France to the commodities of all countries alike.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley