How to Use rescission in a Sentence

rescission

noun
  • Such an action is known as a rescission.
    — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • If that is true, the rescission saves no money and is pure theater.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 8 May 2018
  • The rescission fails if both chambers do not pass the rescission bill within that time frame.
    — Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • For all these reasons, the rescission of Title 42 cannot come soon enough.
    — Raul A. Reyes, CNN, 1 Apr. 2022
  • With a pocket rescission, the fiscal year ends before the 45 days are up.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But this differs from a rescissions request, which can pass with only 51 votes.
    — The Editors, The Atlantic, 19 July 2025
  • Expect rescissions, expect other things like that.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Burr's vote against the rescissions package is an early sign of a political tussle that may lie ahead.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
  • Politico was the first to report on Thursday that the rescission package would not move forward.
    — Reuters, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Congress approves rescissions regularly as part of this process.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Included in these rescissions were $602 million in public health grants.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Congress watchers knew their way around legislative history and rescissions bills.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 18 July 2025
  • But if the Senate passes the rescission, that might nullify their legal action.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 July 2025
  • In the case of rescissions, Congress must then pass legislation cutting the funding.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This kind of polling empowered a political backlash to the rescission of the Obama-era memo.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Collins is now chair of the Senate appropriations committee, which plays a key role in the rescission process.
    — Stef W. Kight, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
  • One of those lawsuits was over the waiver rescission, which Bonta said his office would be prepared to sue over again if necessary.
    — Zack Budryk, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The plaintiffs are asking that a federal judge declare the rescissions unlawful and undo them.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Even minor mistakes could cause the company to revoke the policy, a practice called rescission.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Stakeholders are also wary that the White House could decide to claw back the money through a rescission request.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Aug. 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
  • Democrats will do that again in September no matter what Republicans do on rescissions.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 May 2018
  • If the rescission vote passes, Congress could somehow provide some funds for public media, Lowe added.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
  • The deal to help those radio stations, however, will not be reflected by changes to the legislative text of the rescissions package.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 July 2025
  • That rescission period ends Friday.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The impact of the rescission of future funding allocated for public media have already been felt.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Our first responsibility is to honor our commitments and wind down in a way that minimizes harm from the rescission.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Senators will work out the details of the rescissions package this week, facing a Friday deadline to approve the cuts.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 July 2025
  • Trump's rescission would reduce the contingency fund to about $500 million.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 8 May 2018
  • Cole, who has been working with Mulvaney on the spending cut attempt, said he had been told to expect two or three rescission requests over the coming months.
    — John Fitzpatrick, Bloomberg.com, 3 May 2018

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