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those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement
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Recent Examples of invalidated
Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Silencing the opposition A day earlier, Istanbul University invalidated Imamoglu's diploma, effectively disqualifying him from running in the next presidential race — a university degree is a requisite for running in elections under Turkish law.
—TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The agents detained Khalil without producing a warrant, on the pretext that his immigration documents — the agents couldn’t correctly identify which — had been invalidated.
—Adam Jaffe, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
He was sentenced to death, but that was commuted to life in prison after California’s Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences prior to 1972.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Several lawsuits objecting to the Department of Government Efficiency raise the possibility that another congressional statute will be invalidated by courts on separation-of-powers grounds.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
But a late December ruling invalidated a Democrat's residency in a heavily Democratic district, temporarily granting Republicans a 67-66 advantage until a special election restores the tie.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
These conclusions were reaffirmed when the Court invalidated a BCRA provision that increased the cap on contributions to one candidate if the opponent made certain expenditures from personal funds.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
After the United States Supreme Court invalidated the previous bankruptcy settlement in June 2024, New York and other states worked to secure a new settlement.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
But in a surprising decision in 2023, the high court declined an invitation to reshape Section 2 of the landmark voting law and invalidated Alabama's congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers after the 2020 Census.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Silencing the opposition A day earlier, Istanbul University invalidated Imamoglu's diploma, effectively disqualifying him from running in the next presidential race — a university degree is a requisite for running in elections under Turkish law.
—TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The agents detained Khalil without producing a warrant, on the pretext that his immigration documents — the agents couldn’t correctly identify which — had been invalidated.
—Adam Jaffe, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
He was sentenced to death, but that was commuted to life in prison after California’s Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences prior to 1972.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Several lawsuits objecting to the Department of Government Efficiency raise the possibility that another congressional statute will be invalidated by courts on separation-of-powers grounds.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
But a late December ruling invalidated a Democrat's residency in a heavily Democratic district, temporarily granting Republicans a 67-66 advantage until a special election restores the tie.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
These conclusions were reaffirmed when the Court invalidated a BCRA provision that increased the cap on contributions to one candidate if the opponent made certain expenditures from personal funds.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
After the United States Supreme Court invalidated the previous bankruptcy settlement in June 2024, New York and other states worked to secure a new settlement.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated
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However, the bill's language caused much confusion and gridlock in 2019, leading Parliament to pursue an additional measure, which repealed the 2011 act and instituted the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill, which Queen Elizabeth II assented to in March 2022.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Voters in November repealed part of a decade-old law that softened some criminal penalties and ousted two progressive district attorneys who championed such reforms.—
Mackenzie Mays,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Manager engagement has dropped to just 27%, showing even leaders feel unsupported or disconnected.—
Chris Rosenberg,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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Then there’s a twist and reveal that becomes a canonical betrayal completely unsupported by coherent motivation, and the whole gambit falls apart.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
19 July 2025
Verb
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The Project 2025 report said that when Congress created the program, MEP centers were intended to transition to self-sustaining private institutions but that a ban on long-term funding was abolished in 1998.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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As of now, 27 states maintain the death penalty; 23 states and the District of Columbia have abolished it.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The number of people missing since the July 4 floods in Texas dropped to three this weekend as authorities recovered victims, located those who turned out to be safe, and unmasked a few unsubstantiated or falsified reports, officials said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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The Warrens, and later Spera, were fond of recounting a macabre (albeit unsubstantiated) tale about a museum guest who spurned their warnings and taunted Annabelle.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Automate routine monitoring, but require cross-functional review for ambiguous or high-impact alerts, providing clear explanations.—
Dr. Chiranjiv Roy,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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At times, though, there’s nothing ambiguous or veiled in his work.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The comedy series has been canceled after airing for four seasons on Apple TV+, its co-creator and stars confirmed.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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An author training session was canceled with no explanation.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Perez Hilton, among others, suggested Hewitt and Gellar were still engaged in an undefined, decadeslong feud after Gellar dodged questions about Hewitt on a red carpet and excluded her from an Instagram Story about the film.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Birdsell intends to keep the listing — with Denise Taylor of Green Tree Real Estate — up for six months before taking it down for listing at a later, undefined date.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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If the system is not able to estimate the user’s age with high confidence, then the user’s age will remain unconfirmed and the user won’t be able to access Trusted Connections.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
17 July 2025
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Numerous potential suitors for TikTok have emerged so far, with a front-runner, according to unconfirmed reports, being enterprise software giant Oracle.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
6 July 2025
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“Invalidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidated. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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