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nullify

[nuhl-uh-fahy] / ˈnʌl əˌfaɪ /


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But a lower price alone won’t nullify Nvidia’s strong advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 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

It was a tactical lesson from Robinson who masterminded the perfect game plan to nullify his old club.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

The “M & M” in “M & M Enterprises” stood for Milo & Minderbinder, and the & was inserted, Milo revealed candidly, to nullify any impression that the syndicate was a one-man operation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

“That sort of nullifies what happens. You don’t want to turn the ball over, but if they don’t get any points, that’s a win.”

From Washington Times Dec. 26, 2023

Kobach has argued that the new law nullifies that settlement and has asked Crabtree to revoke his order that made the agreement binding.

From Seattle Times Jul. 18, 2023

“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

Some humanoid makers have nullified the issue by eschewing legs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

They successfully executed Queiroz's tactics, which nullified key elements of the system England coach Thomas Tuchel has adopted for this World Cup.

From BBC Jun. 24, 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

The department responsible for issuing Kansas birth certificates estimated that more than 1,800 such documents were nullified this week.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2026

And if that’s not bizarre enough, every record that they set with Antoine on the team has been nullified, too.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

But here’s the jujitsu move: McElroy then neutralized O’Connor’s order to enforce the subpoena by nullifying the subpoena itself, because the DOJ had failed to identify any possible law-breaking by the hospital.

From Slate May 18, 2026

In this example, the Chelsea players have roles as 'blockers' - a tactic that is increasingly common from corners, with the aim of nullifying the strongest aerial threats by impeding their movement.

From BBC Mar. 8, 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

The Bruins coughed up two fumbles in the first half and would have lost a third had the Huskies not been called for defensive holding on the play, nullifying the turnover.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 23, 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




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