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Recent Examples of disqualify
Intermittent remote supervision and remote assistance continue forever, and do not disqualify a team from crossing the line.
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Licensing loopholes Although disqualified from a federal explosives license, Chee secured three state licenses for Devastating Pyrotechnics from Cal Fire’s Office of the State Fire Marshal, allowing the company to import and export, wholesale and use display fireworks.
—Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
Questions about the sheriff’s academy class came as the NYPD took steps to terminate 30 of its probationary officers who should have been disqualified by background checks.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Recall organizers turned in more than 400 signatures, but 110 of that total were found not to be qualified electors or disqualified for another reason, according to a June 24 recall petition certification.
—Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Licensing loopholes Although disqualified from a federal explosives license, Chee secured three state licenses for Devastating Pyrotechnics from Cal Fire’s Office of the State Fire Marshal, allowing the company to import and export, wholesale and use display fireworks.
—Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
Questions about the sheriff’s academy class came as the NYPD took steps to terminate 30 of its probationary officers who should have been disqualified by background checks.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Recall organizers turned in more than 400 signatures, but 110 of that total were found not to be qualified electors or disqualified for another reason, according to a June 24 recall petition certification.
—Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
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Meanwhile, the Schrems II ruling invalidated the EU–U.S. Privacy Shield, creating uncertainty for companies relying on transatlantic data flows.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The state Auditor’s Office cannot pass laws, cannot invalidate laws, cannot force the Legislature to accept its recommendations for improvement.—
Jeanne M. Kempthorne,
Boston Herald,
15 July 2025
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Cincinnati and others are plaintiffs because of the concern that their own local licensing requirements may be nullified by vague language of the override on local bans, according to court documents.—
Bethany Bruner,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
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One question is when does the state, or one of its agencies or utilities, have the right to nullify a contract?—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The Department of Human Services issued a temporary injunction forbidding the woman from caring for children without an active license.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 July 2025
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In recent years, advertisers have been encroaching on news programs in ways that would have been forbidden in the past.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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