How to Use nullification in a Sentence

nullification

noun

• The board asked its lawyers to have nullification paperwork ready for next week’s meeting.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• The part that's less straightforward is the nullification of cause and effect.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• As a result, we here by order nullification of the elections.
  — Rabson Kondowe, Quartz Africa, 3 Feb. 2020
• In fact, the Supreme Court has said jurors do not have the right to know about their power of nullification.
  — Chester Eduardo Fernández, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
• Talbott said Kriho didn’t talk much about her activism or the jury nullification case at work.
  — Mitchell Byars, The Cannabist, 2 Feb. 2017
• Democrats often brush off these nullification efforts as scare tactics to rile up voters who are passionate about guns.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 25 Feb. 2020
• Prior legislative attempts at nullification have run afoul of that clause.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2021
• This idea is related to his belief in nullification theory, which is the idea that a state can void federal laws.
  — Christian K. Anderson, The Conversation, 26 June 2020
• One hears activists and a few officials even talk of nullification and secession.
  — Mensah M. Dean, Philly.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• The line between legitimate oversight and the nullification of elections would no longer hold.
  — Matthew J. Frauenfeld, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
• It eventually was struck down in court, but several states still followed with their own nullification measures.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2021
• The union has asked for nullification of the board vote and preservation of employee contracts at Stewart.
  — Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2018
• Its language, however, threatened to do far more than undo the nullification of state anti-sedition laws.
  — Time, 14 Nov. 2025
• Jury nullification refers to when a jury ignores the law and acquits someone who is technically guilty.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2022
• The idea of encouraging nullification should leave most people uneasy.
  — Seth Stern, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
• Bauer encouraged us to get a few senators or historians to sign a letter urging nullification.
  — Kai Bird, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
• There certainly is precedent for doing so — for nullification rather than declaring innocence.
  — Noah Millman, TheWeek, 12 Feb. 2021
• The nullification of Kenya’s August vote was the first time a court in Africa had overturned a presidential election.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• That’s the perfect nullification of the logic of identity politics.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 9 Apr. 2018
• The Senate’s nullification of the rule came about even as recent major financial-industry scandals have harmed consumers.
  — Gillian B. White, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
• However, following the nullification, this means Chilima is now again the vice president.
  — Rabson Kondowe, Quartz Africa, 3 Feb. 2020
• What is fascinating is that an example offered by the Talmud concerning nullification is a vow made by God.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
• Its budget remains intact, its enforcement robust, and its rules have avoided nullification from Congress.
  — David Dayen, New Republic, 10 Oct. 2017
• In its legal challenge, the state police union focused on the nullification by the reform law of contract language that exempted parts of personnel files from public disclosure laws.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2020
• If there are procedural hiccups, Mr Mutharika may use them as an excuse to get his supporters onto the streets and to ask the courts for another nullification.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2020
• The nullification of that many votes would have made Trump the winner in each of those states and given him enough of an Electoral College advantage to launch him into a second term.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2020
• His office did not respond to a question about the administration’s view of nullification, the principle that a state can overrule the federal government.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2021
• The judge's 59-page ruling outlined a litany of reasons for the decision, ultimately opting in favor of a full nullification of the policy.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 18 Apr. 2022
• The proposal is similar to a wave of federal nullification bills backed by Republicans in statehouses around the country.
  — al, 27 Apr. 2021
• That nullification earned Goldman a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, his first time in the president’s office.
  — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025