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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rescind.

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Examples

  • There was then a public protest, and Palin rescinded the librarian's termination.

    Further Update on “What if...I asked you to remove some books?” 2008

  • Dissatisfaction with wages does not amount to poverty, and as such this line of argument should be rescinded from the message of CUPE 3903 immediately.

    The Privileged and the Impoverished: Now One and the Same? : Law is Cool 2008

  • There was then a public protest, and Palin rescinded the librarian's termination.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • He wasn't confident he could get the suspension rescinded, in other words.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Ron Kroichick 2011

  • Ambassador Duddy was expelled last year and declared a persona non grata by Venezuela, a designation rescinded in June.

    unknown title 2009

  • Is there anything at all a University can do to have the designation rescinded?

    Wheat & Weeds 2008

  • LEWINSKY: ... it was rescinded, which is understandable.

    CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2002 2002

  • However, the company actually had its name rescinded from the 2007 review period.

    Furniture Today Business News 2009

  • Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Kuniaki Nozoe Fujitsu Former President Mr. Nozoe said he "rescinded" his Sept. 25 resignation on the grounds that other Fujitsu executives demanded he step down, alleging that he had ties to organized crime.

    The Power List 2010

  • Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Kuniaki Nozoe Fujitsu Former President Mr. Nozoe said he "rescinded" his Sept. 25 resignation on the grounds that other Fujitsu executives demanded he step down, alleging that he had ties to organized crime.

    The Power List 2010

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  • A bit like ghosted really.

    August 12, 2008