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as in to offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage
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Recent Examples of annul
The end of the year even saw an entire national presidential election annulled in Romania after claims of widespread Russian interference.
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Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
His win was later annulled due to allegations of Russian interference.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Judges from the constitutional court met on Friday to consider a large number of requests to annul the first round in light of the intelligence reports.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
After Romanian intelligence services declassified reports that link the unexpected rise of the ultra-nationalist and Putin-apologist candidate to a Russian TikTok influence operation, the country’s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of election results.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
His win was later annulled due to allegations of Russian interference.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Judges from the constitutional court met on Friday to consider a large number of requests to annul the first round in light of the intelligence reports.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
After Romanian intelligence services declassified reports that link the unexpected rise of the ultra-nationalist and Putin-apologist candidate to a Russian TikTok influence operation, the country’s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of election results.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annul
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In its domestic operations unit, AMC Networks said subscription revenue fell 4% to $314 million, with the company citing declines in linear subscribers, partially offset by streaming revenue growth.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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In its domestic operations unit, AMC Networks said subscription revenue fell 4 percent to $314 million in the fourth-quarter as the company cited declines in linear subscribers, partially offset by streaming revenue growth.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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But Reagan faced a Democratic House of Representatives that objected, and by 1984, the GOP had abandoned its call for abolishing the department.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, the president has intertwined his calls to abolish the $268 billion bureaucracy with attempts to leverage it to advance his own agenda.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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In 2016 and 2019, the U.S. Marine Corps corrected the identities of two of the men in the photo, further fueling confusion.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Feb. 2025
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Beterbiev must correct his tendency to leap into his punches in the rematch, because Bivol was able to time those attacks well.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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In his first weeks in office, Trump has accelerated this process, issuing unconstitutional executive orders and directives purporting to repeal birthright citizenship and directing OMB to freeze funding for thousands of federal programs in violation of an act of Congress.—
Lawrence Norden,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Under the Congressional Review Act, each regulation can be repealed one by one with a simple majority vote in each chamber and the signature of the president.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Feb. 2025
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Antioxidants are substances that neutralize free radicals, preventing them from causing damage.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
21 Feb. 2025
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Mitochondria normally neutralize free radicals, but, when radiation injures them, this process becomes more difficult; the free radicals then damage mitochondrial DNA, and that weakens the mitochondria further.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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As part of a broader immigration crackdown, his administration quickly canceled all appointments people had made through a U.S. government app.—
Julie Watson,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of artists have called on Christie’s to cancel an upcoming auction of art made by artificial intelligence.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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As of now, there is no case before the Supreme Court directly seeking to overturn Obergefell.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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If these repayment plans are overturned, repealed, or fundamentally changed, many federal student loan borrowers will have no choice but to switch to a different, more expensive repayment plan.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Annul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annul. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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