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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

Lawmakers in the lower house will on Thursday debate a bill to annul the royal edicts, and the Senate is then to have its say at an undetermined date before the law can pass.

From Barron's ● May 28, 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

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

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

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022

Protesting annuls their careers, ensures harassment and hastens the closing of the public sphere by the authorities.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 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

Hence falsehood directly annuls the end of an oath: and for this reason, that perversity in swearing, which is called perjury, takes its species chiefly from falsehood.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Lula's convictions were annulled by the Supreme Court in 2021 and in presidential elections the following year he narrowly beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, winning 50.9% of the vote.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

“Cause if'n you do, or if’n you have a mind to after you git over bein’ so mad at him, why, we could git this’n 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

"I do not make this application lightly," the president says in the court submission, arguing that the report should be set aside, thereby annulling the impeachment process.

From BBC ● May 26, 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

Nepal's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that deputy prime minister Rabi Lamichhane had stood for election with invalid citizenship papers, annulling his status as a lawmaker and effectively removing him from office.

From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 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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