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Examples of revocation in a Sentence
threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges
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Chapter 53 of the Occupations Code allows revocation by operation of law if a nurse is incarcerated following a plea of guilty to a felony, Vanderford said.
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Attorneys petitioning for disciplinary revocation usually plan on leaving the profession anyway or expect to be disbarred, so just want to save the time and expense of going through the discipline case.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
The revocation of the terrorist designation for the Houthis also came very early, in February 2021, a couple of weeks after the border actions.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024
Local governments would have to provide notice of the revocation in five days, and owners of the short-term rentals would have 30 days to appeal.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The offense will now be a Class I felony, punishable by up to 3 1/2 years in prison along with automatic, permanent license revocation by the state Department of Instruction.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Program officials later rescinded their revocation request.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
This year, a prominent tenured Harvard Business School professor has already been disciplined, put on unpaid leave, and is currently being reviewed for possible tenure revocation on the back of similar allegations.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
Nagra has since filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court seeking a reversal of that decision on the grounds that the city didn't properly notice him for the hearing that began the revocation process.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Attorneys petitioning for disciplinary revocation usually plan on leaving the profession anyway or expect to be disbarred, so just want to save the time and expense of going through the discipline case.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
The revocation of the terrorist designation for the Houthis also came very early, in February 2021, a couple of weeks after the border actions.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024
Local governments would have to provide notice of the revocation in five days, and owners of the short-term rentals would have 30 days to appeal.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The offense will now be a Class I felony, punishable by up to 3 1/2 years in prison along with automatic, permanent license revocation by the state Department of Instruction.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Program officials later rescinded their revocation request.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
This year, a prominent tenured Harvard Business School professor has already been disciplined, put on unpaid leave, and is currently being reviewed for possible tenure revocation on the back of similar allegations.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
Nagra has since filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court seeking a reversal of that decision on the grounds that the city didn't properly notice him for the hearing that began the revocation process.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Revocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revocation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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revocation
noun
rev·o·ca·tion
ˌre-və-ˈkā-shən 
: an act or instance of revoking
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