invalidates

present tense third-person singular of invalidate

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Recent Examples of invalidates And this response completely invalidates their feelings and concerns. Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 If people believe regulatory caution invalidates every legal claim, courts may look irrational. Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026 And when someone completely invalidates that, that can be really triggering. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026 The law also invalidates birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers. Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026 The ruling invalidates tariffs that had pushed the average US tariff rate to its highest level since the 1930s, affecting imports from dozens of trading partners and touching virtually every sector of the US economy. Mohammad N. Elahee, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026 The decision narrows the scope of the president’s unilateral tariff authority and invalidates portions of the levies on steel and aluminum, as well as certain tariffs on imports from China, Fortune reported. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026 This is a relatively new legal standard developed by conservative jurists that invalidates presidential actions that assert sweeping new authority on important policy matters based only on vague delegations from Congress. Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 Impacts of the court's decision If the Supreme Court invalidates the removal protections for FTC commissioners, such a decision is likely to reach far beyond the commission. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidates
Verb
  • At the end of the second installment, Mia is crowned the queen of Genovia single after Parliament abolishes the law requiring that a queen be married first.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The measure repeals provisions in Finland’s 1987 Nuclear Energy Act that banned the import, production, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • To offset some of the cost of the cuts, the law repeals several existing tax credits and sales tax exemptions, including incentives tied to teleworking expenses, electric and hybrid vehicles, and medical equipment manufacturing.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Given how Netflix often cancels series after cliffhanger season 1s, this might be best for everyone involved, really.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Local immigrant rights groups are hoping Costa Mesa cancels its contract with Flock, a security hardware company known for its automatic license plate readers.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Swift overturns the tradition of Homer’s blindness in Gulliver’s Travels partly to remind us of the poet’s eye for detail, but also to emphasize the possibility of direct connection between Homer and his audience.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • In Netflix’s new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, the Ingalls family’s journey from Wisconsin to Independence, Kansas, is off to a rocky start when the wagon carrying them nearly overturns in a river.
    Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Now, however, the greatest threat is the arrival of new software that nullifies previous expertise accumulated in an agency.
    Tyler Dykstra, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Jones hopes the study finds improvements to the current system Charlotte Water works under, and that the state avoids overinvesting into industries that take up a lot of water such as data centers.
    Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • Assigning responsibility for each bill upfront avoids awkward money moments later.
    Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

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