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The law also invalidates birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers.—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026 -
The ruling invalidates tariffs that had pushed the average US tariff rate to its highest level since the 1930s, affecting imports from dozens of trading partners and touching virtually every sector of the US economy.—
Mohammad N. Elahee,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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This is because climate change and ecological collapse are very likely to cause political fragmentation that nullifies legal and cultural precedents like abolition, and bring about agrarian and manufacturing crises and scarcities in which people are forced into labor.—
Literary Hub,
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12 Dec. 2025
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“Delegitimizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimizes. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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