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as in unsupported

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verb

past tense of invalidate

as in repealed

to put an end to by formal action those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement

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Recent Examples of invalidated

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If both Proposition 40 and Proposition 41 pass, Proposition 40 could be invalidated if Proposition 41 wins more votes. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 The ruling invalidated spending limits and led to the rise of super PACs (political action committees) in federal elections. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026 The bill does not revive the invalidated San Diego ballot measure. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Judges have already blocked or invalidated major portions of the initiative that conflict with state election law, leaving significant questions about whether its provisions can ever take effect. — Drew Askeland, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 The invalidated tariffs cost American households $1,000 each last year and $900 each this year, the nonprofit Tax Foundation reckoned. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 While just around 3,000 of the 150,000 or so tests have been invalidated, all students – including those who, like Velázquez, are not suspected of cheating – have been left in limbo pending the result of UNAM’s investigation into the matter. — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 In the following decades, lower courts invalidated classes as violating the establishment clause if the subject matter promoted Christianity – teaching it as religious truth rather than discussing the Bible’s literary and historical qualities. — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 The ballot measure would have required special taxes approved by local governments to receive two-thirds support from voters to go into effect — and invalidated previous tax increases that hadn’t met that threshold. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

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Later that night, Morgan calls Gillian to say Grann invalidated the prenup. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 In September 2025, a federal judge agreed and invalidated the rule, called the risk adjustment data validation, or RADV, rule. — Tara Bannow, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 Among them is a law passed by the Kansas legislature which retroactively invalidated the driver’s licenses of trans people and prohibited them from using rest rooms that align with their gender identity. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Their death sentences were reduced to life in prison after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty in 1972. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Now, the federal government has explicitly invalidated the latter. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Although the allegations became a significant controversy surrounding his political career, higher courts later invalidated key evidence in the investigation, and the criminal complaint against him was rejected in 2022. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, the Virginia Supreme Court also invalidated a redistricting ballot measure because of procedural violations by state lawmakers. — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Judge James Wesley Hendrix out of the Northern District of Texas invalidated key components of the nearly 100-year-old National Firearms Act (NFA) in more than a dozen states. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated

Adjective

Nvidia has gone to great lengths to secure support from game publishers, but many titles remain unsupported at the time of writing.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
This case involved a restaurant owner accused of underreporting more than US$2 million in business receipts and claiming unsupported depreciation deductions on rental properties.

— Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsupported

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However, some of the ballot language in Measure G unintentionally repealed Measure J — an administrative error that was discovered in June 2025.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
The vaccine requirements are an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself without legislative approval.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of repealed

Adjective

Blades Brown was in the field in Mexico and finished a respectable T-19, and during the event, an unsubstantiated yet absolutely hysterical rumor about the teenage phenom made the rounds in the golf world.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Netanyahu’s unsubstantiated claims of election interference have drawn swift rebukes, as the opposition considers using its numbers to shape the Knesset before a new government is formed.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsubstantiated

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The state’s electorate reaffirmed its support a decade ago, voting down a ballot initiative that would have abolished capital punishment.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Both Weir and Khan have expressed their wishes for the reinstatement of tax-free shopping (abolished in 2021) for overseas visitors — a proposal that was met with cheers at the BFC’s fashion week breakfast this year.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of abolished

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Pope Leo personally pushed ahead with the visit In the aftermath of his surgery, many speculated that the trip would be canceled.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
The effort comes as the island faces chronic outages and water shortages, while federal officials have canceled major solar programs intended to help low-income residents.

— Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of canceled

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the restriction on Friday after multiple appeals from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, allowing the country’s men’s and women’s teams to compete in the 2027 championships.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Across the country, people voted in the midterm elections to significantly expand who holds power in America, all over a single night in which decades of political precedent were overturned.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

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