nullifier
Example Sentences
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No amount of memories, mutual love or money owed should obscure the clarity of dire results: Twenty straight losses are the ultimate nullifier.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
Upon that speech, Mr. Walker became the Union candidate for Senator of the United States from Mississippi against Mr. Poindexter, a Calhoun nullifier and secessionist.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Calhoun directed the nullifier campaign, though he did not throw off all disguises until the summer of the following year.
From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Frederic Austin Ogg
Their first public display was the celebration of Washington's birthday; but the most intense nullifier could raise no objection to this.
From General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright
The grand assault was finally made in the Senate, under the eye of the great nullifier, who then occupied the chair of the Vice-President, and came in an unexpected way.
From Daniel Webster by Henry Cabot Lodge
