Sentence examples for abdicated not from inspiring English sources

King Juan Carlos abdicated not too long ago.

Her uncle, Edward VIII, was King when he abdicated, not Prince of Wales.

With it, Congress would abdicate not only its constitutional power to control the borrowing of the U.S. government, but it also signals a return to the destructive days of bipartisan agreements that increase spending and the debt.

He could be like King Edward VIII and abdicate – not from the throne in his case, but from being third in line to it.

As this example suggests, managers abdicate authority not just because they believe that's what flexible organizations require.

It is the result of policy failings if we abdicate, if not outright abandon, the compromise that underpinned this original pact.

Those young people, mercenaries or not, wouldn't even be over there if we hadn't abdicated our responsibilities.

Had Viana not abdicated his responsibility to tackle, the move would have been snuffed out.

When I was where you are now, generations of state agencies, social services, policy-makers and politicians had not abdicated all responsibility for me.

John Sacklin, a management assistant at Yellowstone who has worked on the issue since the 1990s, said that the park had not abdicated its responsibilities and that the new plan still protected the park's natural assets.

Ken refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary because James II had not abdicated and with others, known as the Nonjurors, was put out of office.