How to Use cancel in a Sentence

cancel

1 of 2 verb
  • The event was canceled at the last minute when the speaker didn't show up.
  • My flight was canceled because of the storm.
  • The bank canceled my credit card.
  • If you subscribe online, you can cancel at any time.
  • She canceled her appointment with the dentist.
  • We canceled our magazine subscription when we moved.
  • I'm sorry, but I have to cancel. Can we meet next week?
  • He canceled his insurance policy last month.
  • We canceled our dinner reservation.
  • In case of rain, events will be canceled.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In case of rain, events will be canceled.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That match has now been canceled.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 11 June 2026
  • How many flights have been canceled?
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Our flight tonight was canceled.
    — Barry Pintar, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Still, our flight hadn’t been canceled.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That shouldn't have been canceled.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Their trip, too, was cancelled.
    — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • School was also canceled for the rest of the week.
    — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 25 June 2026
  • Some cities may cancel their tests if storms are nearby.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • What happens if your cruise is canceled or changed?
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • So far, two meetings this year have been canceled.
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
  • In case of rain, events will be cancelled and rescheduled.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • What's the status of the click-to-cancel rule?
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Fox canceled the show less than a week after the song fell off the chart.
    — Ryan Brennan april 8, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Two weeks later, the grant was canceled.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Or live noise canceling on calls.
    — Vinay Kuruvila, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • That amounts to around 220 flights canceled per day.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Follow the steps to cancel them.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Follow the steps to cancel them.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The series was canceled that year.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026

cancel

2 of 2 noun
  • My version of cancel culture is just turn it off or change the channel.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2021
  • Those are the things that are the classic tactics of the cancel culture.
    — Fox News, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Choose from five colors, each with six settings and a cancel option.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This is often due to concerns about cancel culture and the fear of being called out.
    — Michelle King, Forbes, 22 June 2022
  • Leave it to Joe Budden to bring up cancel culture in the first place.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 June 2021
  • The speed at which cancel culture can claim its victims is faster than ever before.
    — Yec, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Feinstein isn’t on the ballot this year but the left-wing cancel culture is out to get her.
    — Dan Walters, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Please do not fall victim to the cancel culture sweeping our nation.
    — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Netflix has the lowest churn rate (a term used to describe cancel rates) of any subscriber.
    — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2021
  • So much has been written about cancel culture in the past year that weariness sets in just reading the words.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The 35-year-old star also shared that the scandal taught her a lot about cancel culture.
    — Toyin Owoseje, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • Asking a spouse to cut it out cannot be properly defined as cancel culture.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Who has the best cancel for any reason travel insurance?
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The comic weighs in on cancel culture and other hot topics in this stand-up special.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 July 2022
  • Take the overlapping issues of cancel culture and free speech.
    — Frank Bruni New York Times, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • Knowland is not an epiphenomenon of cancel culture writ large, a hapless victim of the times.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The cancel culture is something that will 100 percent have to be weighed.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The political class that gave us condiment cancel culture now aims to raise prices across the fast-food menu.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Most critics of cancel culture tend to come from the Right, but in one instance, the roles were reversed.
    — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021
  • What are your thoughts on stand-up comedy in 2022 and the cancel culture?
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The episode seems to almost be looking at cancel culture and what could be next after someone does something wrong.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
  • In the private sector, the tactic of message-sending came to be known as cancel culture.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Rowland isn't the first celebrity to speak candidly about cancel culture.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • But these concerns are not new or — despite mockery from the right — part of some trendy cancel-culture hysteria.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The film leaves itself open to accusations of making Michael a saint, which will not sit well with the cancel crowd.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Now that she's been famous for some time, Cardi reveals that cancel culture has been taking a toll on her as of late.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Supporters of the comedian viewed it as a cry against cancel culture.
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • His fans, however, have defended him as having a backbone in the era of cancel culture.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 20 July 2022
  • The blowtorch that singed Cousins’ backside this past week was an example of cancel culture on display.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
  • If the cancel decision was impulsive, the extra time lets the customer rethink it.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 June 2021

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