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Recent Examples of invalidity
Miscellaneous The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the Affidavit will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
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USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.
—Big Think, 10 June 2020
By the protocol, therefore, Chile gains the relinquishment of Peru's former claims of the invalidity of the entire treaty and notably of the cession of Tarapacá, and leaves open merely the question as to who shall have the unimportant area of Tacna and Arica.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
But patent invalidity suits—which test whether the patent claimed by the plaintiff is indeed valid and are the preferred defense for companies being sued for infringement—go through a special German patent court, which can take up to three times longer to render decisions.
—Bertrand Benoit, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2021
Gallagher’s greeting card company Full Colour Black started an invalidity action in March 2019 to cancel the EU trademark on the iconic mural, arguing that Banksy must copyright his work instead of registering trademarks to incorporate them.
—Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
The Supreme Court said its declaration of invalidity is retroactive to the date the 2011 law was enacted, meaning those who have been sentenced under the statute can now seek relief.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
Label choice bias is far more common than subgroup invalidity.
—Carol McCall, STAT, 12 Aug. 2021
Echelon’s invalidity arguments are similar to those raised by Flywheel over related patents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2020
USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.
—Big Think, 10 June 2020
By the protocol, therefore, Chile gains the relinquishment of Peru's former claims of the invalidity of the entire treaty and notably of the cession of Tarapacá, and leaves open merely the question as to who shall have the unimportant area of Tacna and Arica.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
But patent invalidity suits—which test whether the patent claimed by the plaintiff is indeed valid and are the preferred defense for companies being sued for infringement—go through a special German patent court, which can take up to three times longer to render decisions.
—Bertrand Benoit, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2021
Gallagher’s greeting card company Full Colour Black started an invalidity action in March 2019 to cancel the EU trademark on the iconic mural, arguing that Banksy must copyright his work instead of registering trademarks to incorporate them.
—Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
The Supreme Court said its declaration of invalidity is retroactive to the date the 2011 law was enacted, meaning those who have been sentenced under the statute can now seek relief.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
Label choice bias is far more common than subgroup invalidity.
—Carol McCall, STAT, 12 Aug. 2021
Echelon’s invalidity arguments are similar to those raised by Flywheel over related patents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidity
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Each of his figures exists in a limbo of invalidism, enervation, atrophied mythology, Arcadian dreams of bathing beauties, and all our endless Modernist nudes by riverbeds, in parks, beds, stripped naked facing us, or masturbating.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2021
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As Eliot went through a crisis involving his turn to Christianity, Vivien’s invalidism, and his mother’s death, his letters got more and more intense and confessional.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harper’s Magazine ,
17 Aug. 2022
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Kureishi has been ambushed by the physical infirmities of age in a rare way.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Is Jill Biden Edith Wilson, an overprotective First Lady clinging to power in the face of her husband’s obvious infirmity?—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
13 July 2024
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
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According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.—
Howard W. French,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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Fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc., can carry bugs or disease that can impact our agriculture.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease that can cause serious health complications, including death, especially in children under 5.—
Jaden Amos,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Recent experience, including Mauricio Macri’s 2015-2019 Presidency, when Caputo and Federico Sturzenegger were also in charge of the nation’s economic levers, ended up with jarring devaluations that initiated a new and deeper descent into economic decrepitude.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Scientists already know that extreme heat increases the risk of heat stroke, cardiovascular disease, kidney dysfunction and even death.—
Eunyoung Choi,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2025
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Together, the research team suggests these two factors may be contributing to the ailments and immune dysfunction many astronauts experience on the job.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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According to the Mayo Clinic, Guillain-Barré is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks the nerves, resulting in weakness, numbness or paralysis.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Vitamin A toxicity can cause vomiting, nausea, blurry vision, muscle weakness, liver damage and potential brain damage.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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When these germs escape the farm and infect humans, antibiotics are ineffective at treating them, which can make common ailments difficult or even impossible to heal.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
1 Mar. 2025
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The higher the number (3 being the maximum and X being ineffective), the more effective that status ailment will be.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Invalidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidity. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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