disqualify
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Campbell must take some responsibility for failures to maintain minutes and file accounts on time - but that was not enough to disqualify the model as a charity trustee, the tribunal said.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
She also denied that physical characteristics such as weight or skin condition could disqualify applicants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Unauthorized distributions can disqualify a plan, causing severe financial consequences, including immediate income taxes and any applicable penalties for employees on their vested balances.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Yet, under current regulations, such tattoos could disqualify recruits and subject active-duty personnel to discipline.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
This had better work, because if it doesn’t, Ranger Alford made it clear she’ll disqualify us.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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It’s a devastating penalty, reserved for the most egregious conduct, and it disqualifies them from their next match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Nothing you do or say, no matter how bizarre, illegal, grotesque or insufferably stupid as it may be disqualifies you.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
His nose is so gargantuan that he feels it disqualifies him from love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
The justices were asked to decide whether just one type of criminal history disqualifies a person from a lighter sentence, or whether all three must be present for a disqualification.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
My criminal record automatically disqualifies me from the nominations.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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This summer, the prestigious National Taiwan University in Taipei reportedly disqualified an entrance exam candidate for cheating using AI smart glasses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Instead, Campbell had been the victim of deception perpetrated by her co-trustee, Bianka Hellmich, who was disqualified from being a charity trustee for nine years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“A federal judge has a duty to sit where not disqualified which is equally as strong as the duty to not sit where disqualified,” then Associate Justice William Rehnquist wrote in 1972.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Robinson and Williams were fined more than £2,000 each and disqualified from driving for two months.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Seeing as there are supposed to be eight trainees left, I guess Lara and Kirsten weren’t the only ones who were disqualified.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that Habba was not lawfully appointed to that post as well, disqualifying her from the position.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Although there weren’t many of them numerically, the errors that the A.I. did make were confusing and bewildering enough to be disqualifying.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Talarico has already faced AI-generated advertisements and baseless claims that he is vegan, an apparently disqualifying dietary choice in the barbecue-heavy southern state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The lawyer for one of the seven accused said these remarks were disqualifying.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Joey did end up writing his own name on his vote, but then crossed it out, disqualifying himself altogether.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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