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Recent Examples of disqualification
Since then, kids have experienced more frequent tests and stricter disqualification from after-school activities for failing grades, with many schools choosing to abandon their workshops for computer labs.
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Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Panthers head coach Dave Canales told reporters after the game that Legette had been doing what he was supposed to during the play, but added that both players deserved a disqualification after getting physical.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Stone Cold and The Rock clashed in a no-disqualification classic.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Bayley Turns Heel On Lyra Valkyria When Becky Lynch defends her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Lyra Valkyria, there will be no disqualifications and no countouts.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Panthers head coach Dave Canales told reporters after the game that Legette had been doing what he was supposed to during the play, but added that both players deserved a disqualification after getting physical.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Stone Cold and The Rock clashed in a no-disqualification classic.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Bayley Turns Heel On Lyra Valkyria When Becky Lynch defends her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Lyra Valkyria, there will be no disqualifications and no countouts.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualification
Noun
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Ratified in 1967, it was designed to address gaps in succession and clarify what happens in cases of death, resignation, or incapacity.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The National Geographic series dives into footage and narratives from officials leading the disaster response at the time, revealing incompetencies and false information from the media that cost locals their lives.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Portalatin’s petition seeks to remove Wilder and Saenz using a statute in the Texas Local Government Code that allows for citizens to seek public officials’ removal due to incompetency, official misconduct or drunkenness both on and off duty.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Aug. 2025
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If the continuity, cohesion and familiarity offered by those who stayed does not prove enough to keep Leeds in the league, the inability to sell efficiently in the summer window will be seen as one of the failings.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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France meanwhile faces an inability to push through budget legislation and a public unwilling to accept the spending cuts or tax increases needed to change its economic fundamentals.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cloobeck is also running a television ad in Orange County – where the California Republican Party’s convention takes place this weekend – accusing Bianco of corruption and incompetence.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Beyond Venezuelan incompetence, American pressure and fears of uncontrollable escalation may be driving Chinese caution.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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That there is impotence and cancer and infidelity and vanity and loss.—
Lyz Lenz,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2025
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The rumors of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
10 Aug. 2025
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But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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There was optimism that after decades of ineptitude, the Browns had finally landed a legitimate franchise QB.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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There was a clear vocabulary to define consent within OneTaste, but one witness after another spoke of pressure and powerlessness.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Workers internalize powerlessness, hyper vigilance, and anxiety.—
Rahkim Sabree,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Disqualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualification. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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