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Recent Examples of invalidated
James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Maria Matthews, the director of the Division of Elections, emailed all county elections supervisors earlier this month, saying that the forms that had been mailed to voters should be invalidated.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
And then in , the Court, again in a 5-4 decision, invalidated section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and unleashed a flood of electoral manipulation across the former Jim Crow South.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
If the court strikes down the Colorado law, then a law meant to protect LGBTQ+ minors will be invalidated while one deemed harmful to trans minors will stand.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
This was caused by the participants feeling unheard and invalidated when confiding their concerns to people who engaged in toxic positivity.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
If a company is unable to prove where that material comes from, all other claims risk being invalidated.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
This inconsistency raises serious questions about selective advocacy and contributes to a growing sense among Jewish professionals that their identities and concerns are being uniquely invalidated, dismissed, and marginalized.
—Daniel Balva, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The state Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 law in July.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The agency's rule, narrowly approved by the commission along party lines in April 2024, would have invalidated nearly all existing noncompetes and banned new ones except in rare circumstances.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Montana House Bill 469, which would have invalidated out-of-state licenses for undocumented immigrants, died in a standing committee on May 22, 2025.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
However, their aggressive roots eventually invalidated them for this purpose, although they are still used for windbreaks or privacy screens.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Recall that in 2024, in response to a lawsuit from the EV maker’s shareholders, the Delaware courts invalidated the famous giga-grant approved in January of 2018.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2021, California courts invalidated Proposition B on procedural grounds — because the city had not met and conferred with labor unions before placing it on the ballot.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Barrett focused on statutory precision and practical consequences, asking both sides how tariffs might be unwound if invalidated.
—James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Maria Matthews, the director of the Division of Elections, emailed all county elections supervisors earlier this month, saying that the forms that had been mailed to voters should be invalidated.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
And then in , the Court, again in a 5-4 decision, invalidated section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and unleashed a flood of electoral manipulation across the former Jim Crow South.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
If the court strikes down the Colorado law, then a law meant to protect LGBTQ+ minors will be invalidated while one deemed harmful to trans minors will stand.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
This was caused by the participants feeling unheard and invalidated when confiding their concerns to people who engaged in toxic positivity.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
If a company is unable to prove where that material comes from, all other claims risk being invalidated.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
This inconsistency raises serious questions about selective advocacy and contributes to a growing sense among Jewish professionals that their identities and concerns are being uniquely invalidated, dismissed, and marginalized.
—Daniel Balva, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Trump issued a version of it at the end of his first term but it was invalidated by the Biden administration almost immediately.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The state Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 law in July.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The agency's rule, narrowly approved by the commission along party lines in April 2024, would have invalidated nearly all existing noncompetes and banned new ones except in rare circumstances.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Montana House Bill 469, which would have invalidated out-of-state licenses for undocumented immigrants, died in a standing committee on May 22, 2025.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
However, their aggressive roots eventually invalidated them for this purpose, although they are still used for windbreaks or privacy screens.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Recall that in 2024, in response to a lawsuit from the EV maker’s shareholders, the Delaware courts invalidated the famous giga-grant approved in January of 2018.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
In 2021, California courts invalidated Proposition B on procedural grounds — because the city had not met and conferred with labor unions before placing it on the ballot.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated
Adjective
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The collapse was likely the result of a leaking water line that washed out the soil underneath and left the pavement unsupported.—
Kris Habermehl,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Critics said the idea was unsupported and could mislead parents.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The European countries that repealed their wealth taxes did so for varied reasons.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, voters repealed the Gallagher Amendment in the state constitution, which locked in a certain ratio of residential to commercial property taxes that provided extra security for homeowners against sudden increases.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The SARsfilings are required under the Bank Secrecy Act, and regulators warn on the actual bank forms that the reports are confidential and contain unsubstantiated allegations of possible criminal activity.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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There have been anti-China rallies in downtown Seoul in recent months, where protesters chanted racist slurs and made unsubstantiated claims of Chinese inference in South Korean politics.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Quotas related to race and national origin were abolished.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court also abolished proportionality review, which for 50 years allowed judges to probe the circumstances of death cases to protect defendants from the random imposition of the death penalty.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Even in agencies that have, some policies are weak or ambiguous.—
Ben Jones,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Even in agencies that have, some policies are weak or ambiguous.—
Ben Jones,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Years later, the series was set for a revival, but it was abruptly canceled due to creative differences.—
Maggie Fremont,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The number of flights canceled at Cincinnati's major airport has more than doubled on Sunday amid flight reductions at airports nationwide due to the government shutdown.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But after four years in strategy, Levine felt the pull toward something different, something undefined.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
8 Dec. 2025
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Those problems add to the fact that tokenized equities are relatively new and regulatory guidelines for the asset class remain largely undefined.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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By an 11-1 vote, a Miami-Dade County jury originally sentenced him to death, but that sentence was overturned in 2017 after a new state law ruled it unconstitutional for a death sentence to be imposed without a unanimous jury verdict, according to the court records.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape of Mann in early 2020, but that conviction was overturned in 2024 by a New York state appeals court.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Invalidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidated. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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