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Recent Examples of disqualify
And remember, Bowman actually made the final eight last year until he was disqualified after the race, which put Logano into that round instead.
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Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
In response, Ettinger filed a motion to disqualify Casson, alleging Casson improperly used confidential unemployment information from the Illinois Department of Employment Security when filing charges, violating a state law that prohibits such information from being used in court.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
That is by no means disqualifying — never forget that Kung Fu Panda is a movie series for children — but this third film doesn’t quite find a harmony between martial-arts stakes and animal slapstick the way 1 and 2 did.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
While some senators may disagree about whether Patel has sufficient experience to manage the Bureau’s 38,000 employees, his lack of independence is disqualifying.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
In response, Ettinger filed a motion to disqualify Casson, alleging Casson improperly used confidential unemployment information from the Illinois Department of Employment Security when filing charges, violating a state law that prohibits such information from being used in court.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
That is by no means disqualifying — never forget that Kung Fu Panda is a movie series for children — but this third film doesn’t quite find a harmony between martial-arts stakes and animal slapstick the way 1 and 2 did.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
While some senators may disagree about whether Patel has sufficient experience to manage the Bureau’s 38,000 employees, his lack of independence is disqualifying.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualify
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Friday's notice may invalidate that part of the legal argument, said Daniel Graham, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery and leader of their government contracts group.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Senate Bill 25-128 — sponsored by Sens. Byron Pelton, a Sterling Republican, and Dylan Roberts, an Avon Democrat — argues the Supreme Court decision also invalidates the service access provision of Colorado’s law.—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2025
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The California Education Code says contracts and transactions by California State University auxiliaries may be nullified if a board member could gain a financial interest with their approval.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the opera students, many of the plaintiffs in that lawsuit were underage during their time at the school, and used the 2019 SAFE Child Act to sue during the state’s two-year window in which the statute of limitations was nullified.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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Using someone else’s work without proper attribution — which includes similarities in wording and in the way a story is structured — is a significant breach of our journalistic standards and is strictly forbidden by The Bee.—
Colleen McCain Nelson,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Cuban independent media have provided the type of watchdog journalism that state outlets are forbidden to do, often forcing the government to respond to denunciations first covered in their reporting.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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