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as in to offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage
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Recent Examples of annul
Chakwera only won after an unprecedented election rerun as the first polls were annulled by the country’s top court.
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Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Ross Tritt, Boerner’s representative, was asked about Boerner’s position on Senate Bill 79, which, if passed, would annul the city’s 30-foot height limit for buildings within a half-mile of public transit.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
The bill gives residents no more than 60 days to file an action seeking to annul a zoning change.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
But when the officer is not removable at the will of the executive, the appointment is not revocable and cannot be annulled.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
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Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Ross Tritt, Boerner’s representative, was asked about Boerner’s position on Senate Bill 79, which, if passed, would annul the city’s 30-foot height limit for buildings within a half-mile of public transit.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
The bill gives residents no more than 60 days to file an action seeking to annul a zoning change.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
But when the officer is not removable at the will of the executive, the appointment is not revocable and cannot be annulled.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annul
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Improved performance could allow translators to offset the lower cost-per-word by translating higher volumes of text, though Kutylowski notes that AI tools are allowing some businesses to bring translation in-house rather than outsourcing to professionals.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Something resembling the Singaporean arrangement could be one way to offset these challenges.—
Marina Lopes,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
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The European Parliament has twice called for Yahaya’s release, asking Nigeria to set an example by abolishing the blasphemy laws under which he has been detained for over five years.—
Sean Nelson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Companies can correct perceptions of unfairness by clearly communicating the value, argues Zhang.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Tarik Skubal course-corrected For now, the story of Detroit’s season is its historic collapse down the stretch.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Democrats are also hoping to repeal cuts to health care programs that were put in place as part of the GOP spending and tax bill that passed over the summer.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, Ashley and Locke did not want the HALT Act to be repealed.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The idea of carrying that many left-handers wouldn’t just be to get those guys out of the game or to neutralize a Schwarber or Harper.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Fever closed out the game from the line with Sims – who had 18 points – and Mitchell combining to hit five of six in the final seconds to neutralize Aces star Chelsea Gray’s back-to-back three pointers.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell 11 hr ago,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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An upcoming Chris Brown concert, scheduled to take place in Memphis, Tennessee, has been cancelled two weeks ahead of showtime.—
John Beifuss,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Future Ruins, the inaugural film-music festival run by Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, has been canceled.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
4 Oct. 2025
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Knox was convicted and served four years of a 26-year sentence in an Italian prison before the verdict was overturned.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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Alito’s invocation of stare decisis is similarly peculiar, especially after authoring the opinion that overturned Roe.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Annul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annul. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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