quashing

Example Sentences

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Most important, she outmaneuvered the Texas judge by quashing the subpoena itself, finding that it was an illegitimate and unconstitutional invasion of privacy.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The standoff highlights the difficulty of quashing an established militia with a base of support among the population even when it has been badly beaten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The court rejected this on July 16, saying there was "no legal basis" for quashing the warrants while the jurisdiction challenge was pending.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Jack, who had blustered exceedingly as to his chances of bamboozling the Quarter-sessions, and quashing the sentence of the Justices, looked certainly not a little discomfited at the result of his appeal.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various