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Recent Examples of disqualify
They were disqualified for passing the baton outside the changeover zone.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
While the abhorrent actions that led Cuomo’s fall should alone be disqualifying, there’s also the matter of policy.
—Romen Borsellino, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
The Trump administration has taken a series of actions around Harvard's international students, including disqualifying Harvard students from receiving visas.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 20 June 2025
After Bolivia’s electoral tribunal disqualified former President Evo Morales, a leftist political titan who still wields influence in the country’s tropical heartland, from running in the August presidential election, his loyalists took to the streets this month to vent their outrage.
—Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
While the abhorrent actions that led Cuomo’s fall should alone be disqualifying, there’s also the matter of policy.
—Romen Borsellino, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
The Trump administration has taken a series of actions around Harvard's international students, including disqualifying Harvard students from receiving visas.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 20 June 2025
After Bolivia’s electoral tribunal disqualified former President Evo Morales, a leftist political titan who still wields influence in the country’s tropical heartland, from running in the August presidential election, his loyalists took to the streets this month to vent their outrage.
—Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualify
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While the four firms have each successfully had the executive orders invalidated, other major firms have decided to enter into agreements with the president, seemingly to avoid being targeted themselves.—
Melissa Quinn
June 27,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Ten Commandments law invalidated: On Friday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a Louisiana law requiring all public-school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
25 June 2025
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Higher education consultant Tom O'Hare of Get College Going says that, at the very least, the practice nullifies the hard work a student and their family will spend searching for and applying for scholarships.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Massie’s reply appeared to reference Pence’s refusal to nullify the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021, and comes amid his conflict with President Trump.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
25 June 2025
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It is completely verboten and forbidden to any human being.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Sweeping fiscal moves of this kind are traditionally restricted by the Byrd Rule, adopted in 1985, which limits the sort of policies that can be folded into bills passed through reconciliation, and forbids legislation from adding to the nation's deficit beyond 10 years.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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