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annul

[uh-nuhl] / əˈnʌl /


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They want the Department of Finance to annul the tax roll of 960,000 properties and void the pied-à-terre tax warning letters that were already sent out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

A Panama Supreme Court decision to annul CK Hutchison's concession there on Thursday showed how container ports in geopolitically strategic locations have become a prized global currency.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

It is ironic that Parrott has a penchant for tattoos - his injury time winner against Hungary on Sunday is a moment now permanently inked in the annuls of Irish football.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

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

The influence of the press partly annuls itself; it has a thousand voices to speak, and a thousand others to answer and destroy what it has said.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Jules Michelet

The first trial was dramatically annulled last year after two-and-a-half months of hearings, following revelations that one of the judges overseeing it took part in a clandestine documentary about the case.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But exam papers have been repeatedly leaked and exams annulled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

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

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

Also, she must still be either hating Mr. McAllister like poison or else loving his eyes out and having second thoughts about not getting annulled.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

Kokott said the General Court's judgment annulling the EU decision should be upheld.

From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2023

Not only did Alexander not oppose this, but he also rendered it easier by annulling King Louis’s previous marriage.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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