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annul

[uh-nuhl] / əˈnʌl /


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"The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted," judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

They want the Department of Finance to annul the tax roll of 960,000 properties and void the pied-à-terre tax warning letters that were already sent out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Lawmakers in the lower house will on Thursday debate a bill to annul the royal edicts, and the Senate is then to have its say at an undetermined date before the law can pass.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Klein & Wilson, a law firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., outlines the reasons you can revoke or annul a contract.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

No, I think, but even if it were, it turned out to be Mitt, some wondrous thing, who will forever annul any of our regret.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Open the history annuls and you'll find celebrities and WAGs - the wives and girlfriends of drivers - visible in the paddock for decades.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

"The General Court annuls the decision of the Commission to approve the recapitalisation of Lufthansa by Germany, amounting to 6 billion euros, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic," the Luxembourg-based tribunal said.

From Reuters May 10, 2023

Protesting annuls their careers, ensures harassment and hastens the closing of the public sphere by the authorities.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2022

Sept. 7: Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously annuls portions of a law in Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2021

The first, the source of happiness, The fount whence flows the greatest bliss That in the sea of being e'er is found; The last each sorrow gently lulls, Each harsh decree of Fate annuls.

From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Frederick Townsend

But exam papers have been repeatedly leaked and exams annulled.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Greenspan’s marriage was annulled amicably after a year, but his friendship with Rand lasted until her death in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

The trial was annulled in May 2025 after it emerged that one of the judges overseeing the trial was involved in a documentary about the case, potentially breaking ethics rules.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

Their marriage was annulled the following November, months before “Control” was released.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2026

“Cause if'n you do, or if’n you have a mind to after you git over bein’ so mad at him, why, we could git this’n annulled.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Dieudonne Boutrin, an activist from the overseas territory of Martinique who is descended from enslaved people, said annulling the Black Code should have been done ages ago.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Lore Segal was 10 years old in 1938 when Nazi Germany annexed Austria and began the process of annulling the citizenships and confiscating the properties of Jewish families such as her own.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

That was until the Constitutional Council stepped in on Thursday, annulling Mr Sall's decree and voiding the contentious parliamentary bill.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

Colombia's aviation regulator approved the merger in late April after repeated delays, with the civil aviation authority objecting to the deal last November, before annulling and reopening the process in January after citing procedural irregularities.

From Reuters May 13, 2023

Surely, there will be repercussions, but will they go so far as Coin annulling our agreement for the victors’ immunity?

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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