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Recent Examples of invalidated
Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
If a company is unable to prove where that material comes from, all other claims risk being invalidated.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
This inconsistency raises serious questions about selective advocacy and contributes to a growing sense among Jewish professionals that their identities and concerns are being uniquely invalidated, dismissed, and marginalized.
—Daniel Balva, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
So the general vindication of the method was a very big deal for the IRS because, had the Tax Court invalidated the method, basically the whole cautionary and regulatory overhaul would have been for naught.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Montana House Bill 469, which would have invalidated out-of-state licenses for undocumented immigrants, died in a standing committee on May 22, 2025.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
However, their aggressive roots eventually invalidated them for this purpose, although they are still used for windbreaks or privacy screens.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Recall that in 2024, in response to a lawsuit from the EV maker’s shareholders, the Delaware courts invalidated the famous giga-grant approved in January of 2018.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2021, California courts invalidated Proposition B on procedural grounds — because the city had not met and conferred with labor unions before placing it on the ballot.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
But in a surprising decision in 2023, the high court declined an invitation to reshape Section 2 of the landmark voting law and invalidated Alabama's congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers after the 2020 Census.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Silencing the opposition A day earlier, Istanbul University invalidated Imamoglu's diploma, effectively disqualifying him from running in the next presidential race — a university degree is a requisite for running in elections under Turkish law.
—TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
This was caused by the participants feeling unheard and invalidated when confiding their concerns to people who engaged in toxic positivity.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
If a company is unable to prove where that material comes from, all other claims risk being invalidated.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
This inconsistency raises serious questions about selective advocacy and contributes to a growing sense among Jewish professionals that their identities and concerns are being uniquely invalidated, dismissed, and marginalized.
—Daniel Balva, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The agency's rule, narrowly approved by the commission along party lines in April 2024, would have invalidated nearly all existing noncompetes and banned new ones except in rare circumstances.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
So the general vindication of the method was a very big deal for the IRS because, had the Tax Court invalidated the method, basically the whole cautionary and regulatory overhaul would have been for naught.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Montana House Bill 469, which would have invalidated out-of-state licenses for undocumented immigrants, died in a standing committee on May 22, 2025.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
However, their aggressive roots eventually invalidated them for this purpose, although they are still used for windbreaks or privacy screens.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Recall that in 2024, in response to a lawsuit from the EV maker’s shareholders, the Delaware courts invalidated the famous giga-grant approved in January of 2018.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2021, California courts invalidated Proposition B on procedural grounds — because the city had not met and conferred with labor unions before placing it on the ballot.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
But in a surprising decision in 2023, the high court declined an invitation to reshape Section 2 of the landmark voting law and invalidated Alabama's congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers after the 2020 Census.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Silencing the opposition A day earlier, Istanbul University invalidated Imamoglu's diploma, effectively disqualifying him from running in the next presidential race — a university degree is a requisite for running in elections under Turkish law.
—TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated
Verb
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Unlike other provisions in the Alien and Sedition Acts, which expired or were repealed, the Alien Enemies Act remains in effect today.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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His budget-busting tax cuts can be repealed.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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According to a 2020 Palo Alto Networks report, 83% of medical imaging devices were running on unsupported operating systems that no longer receive security patches, leaving them wide open to malware.—
Srinivas Shekar,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Toilets keep the rectum and pelvic floor unsupported compared to sitting in a chair, causing more pressure on rectal veins, according to the researchers.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Chinese leader, who assumed the presidency in 2013, abolished term limits in 2018.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, China’s legislature abolished presidential term limits in a ceremonial vote, effectively allowing Xi to rule for life.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Geiers are widely viewed with contempt as promoters of unsubstantiated claims that vaccines cause autism.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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There were unsubstantiated reports of a gunman in the facility, and the ATF, in a joint operation with the New Orleans SWAT team, stormed the location with guns drawn to hunt down a gunman who never materialized.—
Mandi Wright,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The first three episodes currently streaming on Paramount+ reveal that the Tiva dynamic remains as ambiguous as ever.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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The term has become both expansive and ambiguous.—
Lauren Buitta,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But with many terms still undefined, small business owners must be nimble—leveraging digital tools, planning for financial flexibility, and preparing for multiple scenarios to stay ahead.—
Eric Youngstrom,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The two nations maintain a heavy military presence along their 2,100-mile (3,379-kilometer) de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – a boundary that remains undefined and has been a persistent source of friction since their bloody 1962 war.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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At least 15 people were killed when a world-famous funicular railcar derailed and overturned in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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