as in abolishes
to put an end to by formal action
those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement
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Recent Examples of invalidates
None of that invalidates the thesis.
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Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
And when someone completely invalidates that, that can be really triggering.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
The law also invalidates birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers.
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Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
The ruling invalidates tariffs that had pushed the average US tariff rate to its highest level since the 1930s, affecting imports from dozens of trading partners and touching virtually every sector of the US economy.
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Mohammad N. Elahee,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
The decision narrows the scope of the president’s unilateral tariff authority and invalidates portions of the levies on steel and aluminum, as well as certain tariffs on imports from China, Fortune reported.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
This is a relatively new legal standard developed by conservative jurists that invalidates presidential actions that assert sweeping new authority on important policy matters based only on vague delegations from Congress.
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
Impacts of the court's decision If the Supreme Court invalidates the removal protections for FTC commissioners, such a decision is likely to reach far beyond the commission.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Dec. 2025
To me, this invalidates the election, but management claims this is fine.
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Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Dec. 2025
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
And when someone completely invalidates that, that can be really triggering.
—
Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
The law also invalidates birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers.
—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
The ruling invalidates tariffs that had pushed the average US tariff rate to its highest level since the 1930s, affecting imports from dozens of trading partners and touching virtually every sector of the US economy.
—
Mohammad N. Elahee,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
The decision narrows the scope of the president’s unilateral tariff authority and invalidates portions of the levies on steel and aluminum, as well as certain tariffs on imports from China, Fortune reported.
—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
This is a relatively new legal standard developed by conservative jurists that invalidates presidential actions that assert sweeping new authority on important policy matters based only on vague delegations from Congress.
—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
Impacts of the court's decision If the Supreme Court invalidates the removal protections for FTC commissioners, such a decision is likely to reach far beyond the commission.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Dec. 2025
To me, this invalidates the election, but management claims this is fine.
—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidates
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
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The measure repeals provisions in Finland’s 1987 Nuclear Energy Act that banned the import, production, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives.
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To offset some of the cost of the cuts, the law repeals several existing tax credits and sales tax exemptions, including incentives tied to teleworking expenses, electric and hybrid vehicles, and medical equipment manufacturing.
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To combat bots, Ticketmaster, the primary ticketing platform for many concerts, blocks automated software, identifies and shuts down fake accounts and cancels orders that violate its policies.
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If your airline cancels your flight, request a cash refund.
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Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews’ ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
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Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews' ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
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If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.
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This is because climate change and ecological collapse are very likely to cause political fragmentation that nullifies legal and cultural precedents like abolition, and bring about agrarian and manufacturing crises and scarcities in which people are forced into labor.
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New research has now demonstrated a simpler approach that avoids the ultrathin selective coatings traditionally considered essential for precise molecular separation.
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The decision avoids an election-year change in the voting rules and may bolster Democrats in the fall election.
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“Invalidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidates. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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