Examples of rescission in a Sentence
the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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Shortly after the memo was walked back, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on social media that the new directive was not a rescission of the federal funding freeze, but solely an unwinding of OMB's Jan. 27 memo.
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Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Actions like this rescission do nothing to help protect this unique animal, and instead increase the risk of its extinction.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The rescission announcement brought a brief sense of relief, but a tweet by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hours later removed any doubts about its intention:
This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: On top of those moves, Jeffries previewed a continuation of the public messaging campaign that Democrats credit for the rescission of the OMB memo.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Actions like this rescission do nothing to help protect this unique animal, and instead increase the risk of its extinction.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The rescission announcement brought a brief sense of relief, but a tweet by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hours later removed any doubts about its intention:
This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: On top of those moves, Jeffries previewed a continuation of the public messaging campaign that Democrats credit for the rescission of the OMB memo.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescission. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsizh-ən 
: an act of rescinding
Legal Definition
rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsi-zhən
: the act, process, or fact of rescinding especially a contract
specifically
: the equitable judicial remedy of rescinding a contract in a suit brought by one of the parties compare reformation
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