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as in abandons
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it
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as in abolishes
to put an end to by formal action
the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice
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as in deletes
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
canceled the check and wrote a new one
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as in erases
to destroy all traces of
it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order
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Recent Examples of cancels
To combat bots, Ticketmaster, the primary ticketing platform for many concerts, blocks automated software, identifies and shuts down fake accounts and cancels orders that violate its policies.
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Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
If your airline cancels your flight, request a cash refund.
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Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Trump cancels housing bill-signing ceremony.
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Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Trump cancels the housing bill signing ceremony.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Amazon cancels distribution of Sam Altman film.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
When American Airlines cancels a flight, the airline will rebook you on the next flight with available seats, according to its website.
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Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
On the Airbnb website, every booking is covered with protections, offering rebooking options and sometimes refunds if the host doesn’t respond to communication, cancels last minute or lists the property inaccurately.
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Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
The three eventually work out their differences but not before Edgar turns Miles’s proto-smart-home devices against him, cancels his credit cards, and forges a criminal record for him.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
If your airline cancels your flight, request a cash refund.
—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Trump cancels housing bill-signing ceremony.
—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Trump cancels the housing bill signing ceremony.
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Amazon cancels distribution of Sam Altman film.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
When American Airlines cancels a flight, the airline will rebook you on the next flight with available seats, according to its website.
—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
On the Airbnb website, every booking is covered with protections, offering rebooking options and sometimes refunds if the host doesn’t respond to communication, cancels last minute or lists the property inaccurately.
—
Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
The three eventually work out their differences but not before Edgar turns Miles’s proto-smart-home devices against him, cancels his credit cards, and forges a criminal record for him.
—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancels
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The lesson is that Beijing rarely abandons strategically important objectives once they become embedded in national planning documents and long-term competition strategy.
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Cue a whole host of dodgy deals and shady string-pulling, not to mention an extramarital affair, as the entirely fictional — but no doubt true to life — character abandons any sense of morality.
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
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Codify a rule stating that when an issuer deletes or consolidates a narrative risk factor to make room for precise financial mapping, that cleanup cannot be introduced as evidence of a material omission.
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Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in cases where the data must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes.
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The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
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Custom silicon is a continuous program, not a single release that erases a hardware shortage overnight.
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The Netherlands is the only EU country that automatically revokes the citizenship of its nationals in the event of gaining dual nationality with a non-EU country.
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Jamie requests an audience with the families and revokes their letters of banishment.
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The measure repeals provisions in Finland’s 1987 Nuclear Energy Act that banned the import, production, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives.
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To offset some of the cost of the cuts, the law repeals several existing tax credits and sales tax exemptions, including incentives tied to teleworking expenses, electric and hybrid vehicles, and medical equipment manufacturing.
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Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
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This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals.
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In the event that an operator aborts an interception, the drone will fly back to base ready to be used again — a potential major cost-saver.
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“Cancels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancels. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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