How to Use abolition in a Sentence

abolition

noun
  • This week reminds us that the road to abolition does not run in a straight line.
    — Brian Stull, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • All of the progress that had been made since the abolition of slavery was wiped out.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There is no formal abolition of law.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Think of the role the churches played on the abolition issue.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Only at abolition were the freed given last names.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • Did the abolition of slavery create a right to go to the theater?
    — Amy Dru Stanley, Slate Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Many saw the move as a step toward the abolition of birth restrictions.
    — WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
  • To be clear, the death of police officers is not what abolition is.
    — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Today this is no longer the case—the prison abolition movement has gone mainstream.
    — Michelle Kuo, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The game was facing strong criticism and even the threat of abolition.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
  • As long as there’s a royal family, there will be pomp and pageantry and polls about abolition.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2023
  • This would nevertheless be a long way short of the schools’ abolition.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Become a wealthy slave owner or achieve the abolition of slavery.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Some favor not only the abolition of bail, but of prisons and the police.
    — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That's the movement for abolition and suffrage and civil rights.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • In fact, Hamilton threw away his shot to take a stand on abolition early and often.
    — Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Why not force Joe Biden to take a clear stance on filibuster abolition?
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Why did Xi push for a term-limit abolition at the beginning of his second term?
    — Jonathan Kaiman, latimes.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Belle used her status and influence to free slaves and get involved in the abolition movement.
    — Paulina Jayne Isaac, SELF, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Now, Democrats have made the abolition of the filibuster a litmus test for their party.
    — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Justice is a living George & the abolition of a system intent on harm.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Students have often stood on the front lines, be it abolition, women’s suffrage or civil rights.
    — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
  • So that area has always been a part of the complicated legacy of the abolition movement.
    — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 July 2023
  • Most Democrats have not called for ICE’s outright abolition.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Now our demands include the repeal of Promesa and the abolition of the fiscal board.
    — Michael Deibert, Fortune, 25 July 2019
  • The house’s illness comes from its abolition of imagination.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The girl’s death intensified a debate in England over the abolition of the slave trade.
    — Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The likely abolition of the state and local deduction is the only big money-raiser in the plan.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • This process continued until the abolition of slave trade in the 1900s.
    — Nnamdi Madichie, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Some call for the abolition of ICE, which may play well with the base but probably doesn’t help them in the long run.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

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