as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement
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Recent Examples of invalidate
The websites’ secrecy or ideological bias do not necessarily invalidate their findings.
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Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the latest effort to put his stamp on the federal work force, President Trump on Friday issued a memorandum invalidating government labor contracts finalized in the last 30 days before a presidential inauguration.
—Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Since then, it’s frequently been the target of litigation, starting in 1947 when the duo sued to invalidate DC’s ownership of the rights to Superman.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
The estate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster sued DC Comics and Warner Bros. on Friday, seeking to invalidate the companies’ copyrights in several foreign markets.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the latest effort to put his stamp on the federal work force, President Trump on Friday issued a memorandum invalidating government labor contracts finalized in the last 30 days before a presidential inauguration.
—Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Since then, it’s frequently been the target of litigation, starting in 1947 when the duo sued to invalidate DC’s ownership of the rights to Superman.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
The estate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster sued DC Comics and Warner Bros. on Friday, seeking to invalidate the companies’ copyrights in several foreign markets.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidate
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But Reagan faced a Democratic House of Representatives that objected, and by 1984, the GOP had abandoned its call for abolishing the department.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, the president has intertwined his calls to abolish the $268 billion bureaucracy with attempts to leverage it to advance his own agenda.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Democrats see the Medicaid cuts that are likely to be included in whatever legislation House Republicans put together as a salient line of political attack, akin to their efforts to campaign in 2018 on the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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The resolution would unlock a mega-reconciliation bill to bolster oil and gas drilling and repeal IRA programs.—
Nick Sobczyk,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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The largest item on its latest list is a $1.9 billion cut at the Treasury Department—except this contract was actually canceled last fall, under the Biden administration, before DOGE even existed, The Times reported.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Nearly seven years after Daredevil was canceled at Netflix, Daredevil: Born Again has risen from the ashes.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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As of now, there is no case before the Supreme Court directly seeking to overturn Obergefell.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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If these repayment plans are overturned, repealed, or fundamentally changed, many federal student loan borrowers will have no choice but to switch to a different, more expensive repayment plan.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The California Education Code says contracts and transactions by California State University auxiliaries may be nullified if a board member could gain a financial interest with their approval.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the opera students, many of the plaintiffs in that lawsuit were underage during their time at the school, and used the 2019 SAFE Child Act to sue during the state’s two-year window in which the statute of limitations was nullified.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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While Janice avoids even visiting Eric in prison, she is torn between cleaning out his room and grappling with the role of faith and religion.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Invalidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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