as in null
having no legal or binding force
public disclosure of the terms of the out-of-court settlement renders it null and void
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Recent Examples of null and void
Golden State is taking away Edwards’ space on the perimeter, so his go-to pull-up triple is null and void at the moment.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
The awesome death of John Wick needed to be rendered null and void so that Keanu Reeves could come back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
The judges declared the removals null and void, and said the two each remained members of their respective boards.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, of which the United States is a signatory, considers any treaties that violate the prohibition on aggression to be null and void.
—Janina Dill, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
The awesome death of John Wick needed to be rendered null and void so that Keanu Reeves could come back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
The judges declared the removals null and void, and said the two each remained members of their respective boards.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, of which the United States is a signatory, considers any treaties that violate the prohibition on aggression to be null and void.
—Janina Dill, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for null and void
Adjective
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Even basic tasks, like knowing the password to a legacy system or understanding why a data table has null values, can be governed by undocumented decisions made years ago.—
Kevin Novak,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Null and Void The first major point of controversy involves something called the null energy condition, under which—among other things—energy can’t propagate faster than light.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Beijing chose not to participate in the proceedings and maintains that the award was politically motivated and invalid.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The bills were sent to their home after bouncing back from a Colleyville company with an address that was either invalid or fictional.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2025
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Treaties signed under coercion became formally void, neutrality no longer required impartiality, and leaders who committed aggressive acts of war could be held criminally responsible.—
Oona A. Hathaway,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Ferran Torres deputised well during that spell, but more firepower is needed to fill the goalscoring void during Lewandowski’s absences.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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“Null and void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/null%20and%20void. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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