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those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement
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Recent Examples of invalidated
Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 1,700 Kansans had their driver’s licenses invalidated last month.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Sources said unauthorized placards linked to other members of the NYPD were also invalidated.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
Some, like Precious Brady-Davis, mentioned specific legislation activists say is holding women back — for example, a bill in Kansas that invalidated driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender Kansans and paves the way for further anti-transgender lawsuits, advocates say.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Since then, lower courts have struggled to apply that standard, and in some places, longstanding federal firearms restrictions have been invalidated for failing the history-and-tradition test.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Those certificates are now invalidated.
—Jason Alatidd, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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
Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Almost immediately, a moment of sheer quality from Wilfried Zaha invalidated that approach.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Approximately 1,700 driver’s licenses and an unspecified number of birth certificates are estimated to be invalidated by the law, which went into effect February 26.
—David Williams, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
In 1875 Congress passed a civil rights act outlawing racial discrimination, but in 1883 the US Supreme Court invalidated the law.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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
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
Adjective
Still, Attorney General Kris Kobach, who is defending the state in a civil lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality, previously told McCabria that no more licenses would be invalidated until March 26.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 1,700 Kansans had their driver’s licenses invalidated last month.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Sources said unauthorized placards linked to other members of the NYPD were also invalidated.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
Some, like Precious Brady-Davis, mentioned specific legislation activists say is holding women back — for example, a bill in Kansas that invalidated driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender Kansans and paves the way for further anti-transgender lawsuits, advocates say.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Since then, lower courts have struggled to apply that standard, and in some places, longstanding federal firearms restrictions have been invalidated for failing the history-and-tradition test.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Those certificates are now invalidated.
—Jason Alatidd, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
The law also invalidated birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Almost immediately, a moment of sheer quality from Wilfried Zaha invalidated that approach.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Approximately 1,700 driver’s licenses and an unspecified number of birth certificates are estimated to be invalidated by the law, which went into effect February 26.
—David Williams, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
In 1875 Congress passed a civil rights act outlawing racial discrimination, but in 1883 the US Supreme Court invalidated the law.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidated
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Filing incorrect income information or claiming unsupported credits can delay refunds and potentially lead to penalties.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Residents should not be deceived by the unsupported and absurd revenue claims of the Moore administration.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Should the Jones Act be permanently repealed, fuel prices would fall more steeply.—
Christopher Niezrecki,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Lemon Grove City Council on Tuesday repealed the portion of an urgency ordinance that granted tenants 120 days to vacate their apartments.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For years, unsubstantiated speculation circulated publicly tying Smith’s death to members of the Murdaugh family.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
Verb
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The president is requesting that mail-in voting be abolished, with exceptions for military, travel or illness.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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All three of the candidates called for ICE to be abolished – with some semantic differences.—
Aaron Navarro,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Was there any thought of ending there and leaving what happens next ambiguous?—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the broader dynamic is less ambiguous.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The money won’t address recent roof leaks, either, which canceled multiple events this year.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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The 2020 edition was canceled at short notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From the feathery, full brows to lips that look a little lived in, with smudgy, undefined edges, Park’s calling card has become her face card.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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That could be valuable for a Steelers secondary that has some moving pieces due to Jalen Ramsey’s undefined role.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump has overturned many long-standing public-policy commitments of conservatives—supporting free trade, reforming entitlements, supporting foreign assistance to save lives and advance American interests, standing by NATO, and standing against Russian oppression at home and aggression abroad.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Laura, however, emerges relatively unscathed despite their car being overturned, bringing to mind the creepy lo-fi classic Carnival of Souls, whose heroine appears to miraculously emerge from a crash, only to be revealed to have actually died in it.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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