Sentence examples for repealing from inspiring English sources
verb
Present participle of repeal
It booked $1.5bn in savings in the 2013-14 budget from repealing the tax cuts but did not get around to actually changing the legislation.
We have to destroy 'Obamacare' by repealing it".
House speaker John Boehner saying the ruling "underscores the urgency of repealing" the bill.
We certainly don't agree with repealing ban".
He deregulated the financial sector by repealing the Glass-Steagall Act, thereby laying the foundations for the most recent economic crisis.
Repealing the Human Rights Act or even quitting the convention it codifies seemed a cunning distraction from the messy compromises to come with the EU.
The president also denied that repeated tweaks to the law – such as repealing penalties on Thursday for those who had lost their insurance due to the reforms – were confusing people.
Charged with repealing the Human Rights Act and redefining the UK's relationship with the European court of human rights in Strasbourg, Gove has so far kept his own counsel about how he will deliver such a complex constitutional manoeuvre.
Repealing the 1998 act would drive a coach and horses through these arrangements.
Repealing the HRA would have no effect whatsoever on the UK's obligations under Article 46.
Watson found it a satisfying way to get a few things off her chest: "I filled in David Cameron's thought bubble with 'LOL, climate change', and added a sarcastic comment about repealing the hunting act".
