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Recent Examples of invalidated
Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
The order also preserves exemptions for some agricultural goods in keeping with the previous, invalidated levies.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
Ken Inskeep, whose transgender son left the country because of new laws targeting his identity, broke down in tears while explaining how his son cancelled a flight to visit them out of fear his passport would be invalidated for having a gender marker that matched his gender identity.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
The state promptly and wrongly ordered 42,000 of them invalidated.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent research shows that individuals who perceive themselves as emotionally invalidated experience lower positive affect across the day, heightened negative affect in social situations (especially with people who are not too close) and greater stress reactivity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The spokesperson added travelers who apply online to renew their passport are not able to travel on their previous passport since those are automatically invalidated after the online application is submitted.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
There are still many unknowns about how the refund process will take shape should the tariffs be invalidated, Oleynik said—especially if some tariffs have already been liquidated and others have not.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
Austin United filed a lawsuit Monday disputing that finding, arguing the methodology the city used was flawed, that hundreds of valid signatures were wrongly invalidated in the sample and that the city has not been transparent about the process.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 17 Dec. 2025
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The ruling also invalidated an extension granted in 2021, stripping the port operations of any legal basis.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Import duties that would be typically have been owed under the tariffs that invalidated by the Supreme Court will stop being collected on Tuesday, Customs and Border Protection said.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
This would be a temporary solution, and overbroad use of Section 122 could also be invalidated by the courts.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
In a separate opinion, Kagan wrote for the trio that the tariffs can be invalidated based on the text of the statute alone.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Bisexuals are always being invalidated.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
If discovered, the ticket will be invalidated, with remaining flight segments canceled or confiscated, including previously refundable tickets.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Should Trump’s tariff policy be invalidated, the fiscal consequences for the country could be severe.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The Yale Budget Lab estimated that the Supreme Court ruling reduced the average effective tariff rate from 17% to 9%, although that estimate does not include new levies that have replaced the invalidated IEEPA tariffs.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
The order also preserves exemptions for some agricultural goods in keeping with the previous, invalidated levies.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
Ken Inskeep, whose transgender son left the country because of new laws targeting his identity, broke down in tears while explaining how his son cancelled a flight to visit them out of fear his passport would be invalidated for having a gender marker that matched his gender identity.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
The state promptly and wrongly ordered 42,000 of them invalidated.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent research shows that individuals who perceive themselves as emotionally invalidated experience lower positive affect across the day, heightened negative affect in social situations (especially with people who are not too close) and greater stress reactivity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The spokesperson added travelers who apply online to renew their passport are not able to travel on their previous passport since those are automatically invalidated after the online application is submitted.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
There are still many unknowns about how the refund process will take shape should the tariffs be invalidated, Oleynik said—especially if some tariffs have already been liquidated and others have not.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
Austin United filed a lawsuit Monday disputing that finding, arguing the methodology the city used was flawed, that hundreds of valid signatures were wrongly invalidated in the sample and that the city has not been transparent about the process.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 17 Dec. 2025
Verb
With immense uncertainty over whether tens of billions in refunds will be due to companies who’ve been paying the tariffs the Supreme Court just invalidated, a legal cloud over this new tariff gambit will do nothing to induce more businesses to invest with confidence in growth.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The ruling also invalidated an extension granted in 2021, stripping the port operations of any legal basis.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Import duties that would be typically have been owed under the tariffs that invalidated by the Supreme Court will stop being collected on Tuesday, Customs and Border Protection said.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
This would be a temporary solution, and overbroad use of Section 122 could also be invalidated by the courts.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
In a separate opinion, Kagan wrote for the trio that the tariffs can be invalidated based on the text of the statute alone.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Bisexuals are always being invalidated.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
If discovered, the ticket will be invalidated, with remaining flight segments canceled or confiscated, including previously refundable tickets.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Should Trump’s tariff policy be invalidated, the fiscal consequences for the country could be severe.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated
Adjective
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Both assertions are false, misleading, and entirely unsupported by the record.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Confidence and Security Online communication carries the weight of uncertainty, so long as one is unsupported by verification systems.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Most repealed them, with officials citing capital flight, disappointing revenue, high administrative costs and revenue losses from other existing taxes.—
Jared Walczak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Almost a quarter century later, the 2001 authorization remains in force, despite being repealed in 2023 by the Senate in a bipartisan 66-30 vote.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán doubled down Monday on an unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine is deliberately holding back shipments of Russian oil, and accused Kyiv of seeking to topple his government.—
SAM McNEIL,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán doubled down Monday on an unsubstantiated allegation that Ukraine is deliberately holding back shipments of Russian oil, and accused Kyiv of seeking to topple his government.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The way the cap is calculated isn’t straightforward, but by any measure, a combined Nexstar and Tegna would blitz through it, meaning that the cap would need to be waived, raised, or abolished for their merger to pass.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There was a short period, near the end of a messy, deeply ambiguous night of football at the Parc des Princes, that could have come directly from May 2025, plucked from the timeline and placed here, a little winter gift from the sporting gods.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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However, because the Supreme Court ruling did not explicitly mandate whether the Treasury must pay back the collected tariff revenue, the path to recovering those funds remains legally ambiguous.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Several flights were canceled Sunday out of LAX after Middle East countries closed their airspace amid a widening conflict after attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Airlines canceled hundreds of flights in the Middle East, while others were diverted mid-flight amid airspace closures over a large area of the region due to security concerns.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And yet the core of any successful military operation remains unclear and undefined — what is the objective?—
Fareed Zakaria,
Washington Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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Masataka Yoshida indicated on Saturday that his lack of production and undefined role with the Boston Red Sox has been wearing on him.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Inside the multistory bar, there were overturned tables and drinks left behind by fleeing customers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Inside the multi-story bar, there were overturned tables and drinks left behind by fleeing customers.—
Jack Myer,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Invalidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidated. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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