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annul

[uh-nuhl] / əˈnʌl /


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Klein & Wilson, a law firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., outlines the reasons you can revoke or annul a contract.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

"The Court of Justice dismisses Lufthansa's appeal and thus upholds the General Court's ruling to annul the decision by which the Commission had approved the recapitalisation of Lufthansa," it said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

Andros immediately sought to annul the move on grounds that only he had the authority to name a thanksgiving day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Judges on the Constitutional Council had dismissed eight complaints about the election, citing insufficient evidence of irregularities or a lack of jurisdiction to annul results.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

No, I think, but even if it were, it turned out to be Mitt, some wondrous thing, who will forever annul any of our regret.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Open the history annuls and you'll find celebrities and WAGs - the wives and girlfriends of drivers - visible in the paddock for decades.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

India’s child marriage law deems the act of marrying below adult age illegal, but the marriage itself is valid until either party annuls it once they reach adulthood.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

The new law annuls all convictions for political and religious beliefs or sexual orientation.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022

Sept. 7: Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously annuls portions of a law in Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

Virginia repeals that ordinance, annuls that bond of union, breaks that link of confederation.

From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston

Da Silva was freed in 2019 and his convictions annulled after the Supreme Court ruled that the court that had heard his cases lacked jurisdiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Greenspan’s marriage was annulled amicably after a year, but his friendship with Rand lasted until her death in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

The Seoul race was marred by ballot shortages that disrupted voting and prompted calls for the election to be annulled.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Their marriage was annulled the following November, months before “Control” was released.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

He annulled the registrations with a stroke of the pen.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Dieudonne Boutrin, an activist from the overseas territory of Martinique who is descended from enslaved people, said annulling the Black Code should have been done ages ago.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Lore Segal was 10 years old in 1938 when Nazi Germany annexed Austria and began the process of annulling the citizenships and confiscating the properties of Jewish families such as her own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

But on Saturday, just hours after Ali Bongo was announced as the winner of a disputed presidential election, the military announced it was annulling the results and taking over.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023

To obtain immunity, he would need to show that his conduct served some actual U.S. government purpose that the Supremacy Clause would forbid the state from annulling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

Surely, there will be repercussions, but will they go so far as Coin annulling our agreement for the victors’ immunity?

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins


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