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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
Verb
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
Adjective
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Although 80% of women are faced with some form of hormonal imbalance, women like my sister often feel unsupported in their wellness journeys.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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On March 9, a department insider leaked to Reuters that the CDC planned to study unsupported claims of a link between vaccines and autism.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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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But an outside agency such as the Texas Rangers would not have access to unsubstantiated claims of misconduct by jailers when investigating a death in the Tarrant County jail.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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The statement served as a pointed rebuke to a president who had continued to make unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud while Trump's legal team pursued multiple legal challenges in battleground states.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 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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Illinois abolished cash bail in 2023.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But the scene itself could be read as a little ambiguous, too: is Sammie trying to pierce the veil again, playing a song that could both foster community but also bring back the vampires?—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the days turned into weeks, the reality of her situation remained ambiguous.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The season 21 lead — who attended the gala with her former Dancing with the Stars partner Sasha Farber amid their undefined relationship — previously told PEOPLE her thoughts about the dating show’s hiatus.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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This new technology’s capacity to reason its way through undefined tasks and processes with minimal need for human oversight will arm businesses with more powerful analytical abilities and functionality.—
Rodrigo Madanes,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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An author training session was canceled with no explanation.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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In a TikTok video posted the day of the crash and before any victims were identified, Alabama Bass Council president Allen Johnson shared some additional but unconfirmed details around the incident.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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The 4chan website is not loading for many users, according to Downdetector, amid unconfirmed reports on social media of a hack against the internet message board.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Invalidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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