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nullify

[nuhl-uh-fahy] / ˈnʌl əˌfaɪ /


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Ghana asked Thomas Partey to track Harry Kane to nullify his influence and paired that with giving up little space behind their defence.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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

The possibility the Supreme Court could nullify some import taxes has added to the uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

In their efforts to nullify my influence in the union, my old comrades were willing to kill the union itself.

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

“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

“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

Some humanoid makers have nullified the issue by eschewing legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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 third will be a closely-watched contest in Montreal that his party won by just one vote in the last election - a result that was nullified by the Supreme Court.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 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

"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

Vince Gilligan chewed over the concept behind “Pluribus” for most of a decade, nullifying any theories that the show is commenting on our culture’s lurch into blind obedience to authoritarianism.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025

But United's squad will not change before the January transfer window, so nullifying the above issues may need an adaptation to the system or players' roles.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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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