invalidation

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Recent Examples of invalidation Write down your entry rationale, invalidation level and position size every time, and be able to justify your decisions. — Thomas Hartmann, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The most common reason for signature invalidation was that the person signing was not registered to vote. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026 The outspoken rapper has often asserted her own personal truth, and seen its invalidation in conversation with others. — Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 9 May 2026 The Supreme Court’s invalidation of the IEEPA tariffs is final. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026 Trust them to see the humor as a companion of pain, not an invalidation of it. — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 The Supreme Court’s invalidation of most Trump tariffs and the bellicosity of his response, which included the immediate imposition of new 10% tariffs across the board and the threat to increase them to 15%, have done nothing to settle investors’ nerves. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 The Court’s usurpation runs deeper than the invalidation of statutes with a liberal cast, though there has been plenty of that. — Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 Smart & Safe Florida last week filed a lawsuit in Leon County circuit court alleging state elections officials had improperly directed the invalidation of about 72,000 signatures. — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalidation
Noun
  • Two Columbia University Apartheid Divest activists, bemoaning their opposition, coauthored a June 2024 opinion article signaling overlap with the police abolition movement.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Patricia Wenskunas, founder of the California advocacy nonprofit Crime Survivors, which opposed the abolition of the death penalty, criticized Newsom's decision.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Currently, the repeal effort (which would also lead to the elimination of certain campaign-finance disclosure rules) looks set for defeat, though more than a quarter of votes are yet to be counted.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • On Tuesday, voters rejected Missouri lawmakers’ attempt to overturn that repeal.
    — Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Invalidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalidation. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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