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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,
Literary Hub,
12 Dec. 2025
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Washington’s Ethics in Public Service Act forbids state workers from holding financial or personal interests that conflict with the discharge of their official duties, and from exploiting their position for private gain.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The ban also forbids the sale of cigarettes that aren’t in their original packaging.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Disqualifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualifies. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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