Sentence examples for were abolished from inspiring English sources

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were abolished

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To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

  • Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

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Elections were abolished.

Barbarous medieval punishments were abolished.

Money, markets, and private property were abolished.

Many reforms, especially legal reforms, were abolished.

French lotteries were abolished in 1836.

Exchange controls were abolished in 1990.

Scottish tests were abolished in 1889.

The free press, political parties and trade unions were abolished.

The Diplock Courts were abolished in July 2007.

Sometimes I wish the word "comedy" were abolished.

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