nullify

You can’t nullify a threat you don’t know about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Anything less would deprive them of due process and nullify the Convention Against Torture.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

The goal of the bill is not to nullify Newsom’s order, Toppin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

Bennett played the percentages, content to nullify Australia's spinners, and largely eschewed boundary hitting in favour of accumulation as he looked to establish a solid total.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

I pitied him and did not argue with him, for I knew that persuasion would not nullify his fears.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

The equal-weight index essentially nullifies the outsize influence of eight tech giants, whose combined market capitalization takes up more than a third of the S&P 500’s total.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

The acknowledgment nullifies the alleged need for a new missile entirely.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2025

Those who challenged it said the settlement provides clarity and “effectively nullifies the most dangerous and discriminatory impacts” of the law.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

“All the other scythes must see me as very bad luck. After all, I’ve gone through two scythes in one year. I suppose this nullifies my apprenticeship.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

He had an 80-yard kickoff return nullified by penalty on Friday but also made an impact at receiver in his first varsity game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Having nullified the Senate, the people turned to a tyrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Once the intent to return is nullified, a home becomes a countable asset that can be used to pay for long-term care,” AgingCare says.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Judge Cummings said: "If there ever was any remorse it is completely nullified by these offensive lies."

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

With the closure of the port, most of the College’s income was stopped up and its investments nullified; and so to anxiety was added penury.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The attorney coalition had also pushed an initiative aimed at nullifying Uber’s fee-capping measure if it passed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

"The study also tells us how albumin works on nullifying critical virulence factors including toxins and other fungal proteins involved in causing tissue damage and in aggressively invading human organs," explained Dr. Ibrahim.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

By doing so, the court is, in essence, nullifying state law and depriving him of “the state-created liberty interest upon which he seeks to rely.”

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026

South Africa hammered Ireland in the scrum, leading many pundits to question how other sides can even get close to nullifying their forward power.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

In a few seconds, Woolf and Seabiscuit had stolen the track from him, nullifying his post-position edge and his legendary early speed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand