Cancel
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- We find out, however, that they were never supposed to air together, they made both as quality fiction to show one at random and make it fail, to cancel the other.
Source: Series / Boris - If you slip up on the rhythm, the cancel will fail and the refire rate will be as slow as if you never tried.
Source: Difficult but Awesome - Studios turn down good scripts, networks cancel, screw over, or fail to pick up good shows, and publishers refuse to publish great books all the time.
Source: Network to the Rescue
Cite this Source
Fail and Cancel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fail
Cancel & Fail. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fail>.
Fail or Cancel. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fail.
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