Sentence examples for is abolishing from inspiring English sources
verb
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
A popular, supposedly democracy-promoting reform these days is abolishing the electoral college.
Good luck explaining that your party's top educational priority is abolishing the Department of Education.
As part of these changes, the government is abolishing the rule that says only half can be saved in cash.
The easy part is abolishing the compulsion for commissioning groups to outsource and stopping Monitor enforcing market competition.
That was seized on by the incoming education secretary, Michael Gove, who is abolishing the allowance in England (but not in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).
New Zealand is abolishing its gift tax simply because it does not raise enough revenue, and Australia has no gift tax to abolish.
Is E-rate being abolished, or merged with another program?
Censorship was abolished.
The Privy Council was abolished.
Therefore they are abolished.
