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Six example sentences with abrogate, each labelled with its topic.
Parliament voted to abrogate the trade treaty, ending forty years of tariff terms with a single signature.
Politics
The court can abrogate a bylaw that conflicts with the state statute, and the council must then rewrite it.
Law
The new emperor moved to abrogate his predecessor's land decrees within a month of taking the throne.
History
The supplier abrogated the exclusivity agreement with ninety days' notice, exactly as clause twelve allowed.
Business
When the government abrogated the price controls, bread costs doubled within a month and then slowly settled.
Economics
In 1933 Congress abrogated the gold clauses in bond contracts, and bondholders were repaid in ordinary paper dollars.
Finance
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