How to Use negate in a Sentence

negate

verb

• The fact that she lied about her work experience negated the contract.
• That, though, doesn’t negate the strength of the Gators’ 6-0 start.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
• The best of this country — the hopes, the dreams — doesn’t negate the worst of it.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
• The way to negate that variable is to build in some fail.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
• But the pass was negated when a crash at the back of the field brought out the caution.
  — Shawn Courchesne, courant.com, 15 July 2018
• But funds with sales charges will negate this edge over the near term.
  — Eric Uhlfelder, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
• Is there a way to solve the reach issue, to negate the time zone challenge?
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
• In order to negate that pattern, the bulls want to see the stock trade above $243.
  — Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Some screen passes to Hunt and even Chubb would have helped negate the rush.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
• All that doesn’t negate the Chiefs great play through the early part of the season.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• Choosing Molly in the end didn’t negate the joy we had just been shown in the pool scene.
  — Kelsey McKinney, The Cut, 5 Mar. 2018
• The very good trade for Howard negated the very bad one for Plumlee.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 27 Jan. 2018
• The change in the law, however, came too late to negate the fine for the 2018 promotions.
  — Fox News, 21 Dec. 2020
• The Buckeyes came up with a big play of their own to negate one of those breakdowns.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2020
• Ray feels that by negating the events of the past, his own legacy has been wiped with it.
  — Keith Langston, People.com, 18 July 2025
• To negate the Blue Hose’s passing game, Lindsey wanted to run the ball.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
• And so, on one hand, one endorsement doesn’t negate all of that.
  — Shira Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
• Getting to the free throw line will slow the game down and negate Marquette’s elite offense.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2023
• That would negate the need for the Supreme Court to decide the First Amendment question, the brief argued.
  — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
• But the first of two roughing-the-passer calls — this one on Stanley Ta’ufo’ou — would negate it.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• The Canucks had a power play negated when Blueger was sent to the box for roughing.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
• The Canucks had a power play negated when Blueger was sent to the box for roughing.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
• To warp — indeed, to negate — the meaning of genocide: nasty.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Dec. 2021
• So, while Navy has a poor offense, the rushing habits of the two teams negate that issue.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
• The turnovers and rebounding were more than enough to negate Xavier's shooting.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2023
• But the game could have been over in the 10th, had a play at the plate not been overturned that negated the Tigers' winning run.
  — Dana Sulonen, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2018
• Of course, being able to detect it early doesn’t negate the need for a cure.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 June 2022
• The normal downside is the price, which is negated by this deal.
  — Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
• Shocks and bumps are also negated by the Mozo front suspension fork.
  — New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2025
• Even when down to 10 men, Villa were well organised and negated Newcastle.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025