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nullify

[nuhl-uh-fahy] / ˈnʌl əˌfaɪ /


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But a lower price alone won’t nullify Nvidia’s strong advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Anything less would deprive them of due process and nullify the Convention Against Torture.

From Slate Feb. 28, 2026

The goal of the bill is not to nullify Newsom’s order, Toppin said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

Bennett played the percentages, content to nullify Australia's spinners, and largely eschewed boundary hitting in favour of accumulation as he looked to establish a solid total.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

The “M & M” in “M & M Enterprises” stood for Milo & Minderbinder, and the & was inserted, Milo revealed candidly, to nullify any impression that the syndicate was a one-man operation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

The equal-weight index essentially nullifies the outsize influence of eight tech giants, whose combined market capitalization takes up more than a third of the S&P 500’s total.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

The acknowledgment nullifies the alleged need for a new missile entirely.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2025

If the court nullifies or weakens those protections, it could result in more hospitals turning away patients without fear of penalty from the federal government, she said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2024

“All the other scythes must see me as very bad luck. After all, I’ve gone through two scythes in one year. I suppose this nullifies my apprenticeship.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Some humanoid makers have nullified the issue by eschewing legs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

“Once the intent to return is nullified, a home becomes a countable asset that can be used to pay for long-term care,” AgingCare says.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

Yamamoto started the seventh inning and faced two batters — the first doubled after an ABS review nullified a strikeout, the second dropped a bunt single — then left after 97 pitches.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

The third will be a closely-watched contest in Montreal that his party won by just one vote in the last election - a result that was nullified by the Supreme Court.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

This time the wish was not nullified by his spitting after them.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The attorney coalition had also pushed an initiative aimed at nullifying Uber’s fee-capping measure if it passed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

"The study also tells us how albumin works on nullifying critical virulence factors including toxins and other fungal proteins involved in causing tissue damage and in aggressively invading human organs," explained Dr. Ibrahim.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

By doing so, the court is, in essence, nullifying state law and depriving him of “the state-created liberty interest upon which he seeks to rely.”

From Slate Feb. 13, 2026

But United's squad will not change before the January transfer window, so nullifying the above issues may need an adaptation to the system or players' roles.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2025

In a few seconds, Woolf and Seabiscuit had stolen the track from him, nullifying his post-position edge and his legendary early speed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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