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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
repeal .
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Examples
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The agencies seek to have the designation repealed.
Fish Swims Into Water Fight Tamara Audi 2011
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As a result, whether "don't ask don't tell" will actually be repealed is now in doubt.
Court blocks don't ask don't tell -- and I'm angry Jonathan Capehart 2010
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Gingrich claims that he will pay for this with $300 to $400 billion in repealed Recovery Act money and leftover TARP funds.
Wonk Room » Newt Gingrich’s ‘Jobs First’ Plan Puts The Wealthy And Corporations First 2009
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An age-old rule of finance, often forgotten but never repealed, is that higher returns entail greater risks.
Small World 2008
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An age-old rule of finance, often forgotten but never repealed, is that higher returns entail greater risks.
Small World 2008
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Shakespeare was not a philosopher or a scientist, but he did have curiosity, he loved the surface of the earth and the process of lifewhich, it should be repealed, is not the same thing as wanting to have a good time and stay alive as long as possible.
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The kicker, even the fools who WANT to take healthcare away from those 35 million or so that will now recieve it (and the lawmakers, you’ll note have never been without it themselves) even admit that the act of trying to get the bill repealed is probalyl a huge waste of effort anyways but they’ll go for it anyways to make poltical hay.
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The public spirited reason you should want it repealed is that it’s bad policy – its costs, even as sold, aren’t worth its benefits, and its cost as sold aren’t close to reality.
Matthew Yglesias » Cornyn Backtracks, Now Supports Full Repeal 2010
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JustMe, the entirely self-interested reason you should want it repealed is that it’s going to make your insurance premiums increase more quickly than they otherwise would.
Matthew Yglesias » Cornyn Backtracks, Now Supports Full Repeal 2010
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Kristol saying it’ll be repealed is as close to a guarantee it won’t be repealed as it is possible to get.
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