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Recent Examples of neutralization
Soko has developed specific products for this problem, including SuperCast, which completes the neutralization of the oxidizing agents, removes the residues and eliminates yellowing.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
The state controlled all aspects of people’s public and private lives leading to the near complete neutralization of the individual.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2025
But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
The very resources that had not been brought to bear on Hamas, thus enabling the disaster of October 7, achieved the neutralization of Hezbollah within weeks.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
The state controlled all aspects of people’s public and private lives leading to the near complete neutralization of the individual.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2025
But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
The very resources that had not been brought to bear on Hamas, thus enabling the disaster of October 7, achieved the neutralization of Hezbollah within weeks.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutralization
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Although sometimes identified solely with the antebellum South and South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, nullification also was practiced by Northern states objecting to the U.S. government using fugitive slave laws to capture slaves.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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The news of the nullification of the Department of Education’s DEI restrictions provides a clear indication of the importance of institutions pushing back.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The outspoken rapper has often asserted her own personal truth, and seen its invalidation in conversation with others.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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The Supreme Court’s invalidation of the IEEPA tariffs is final.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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After that ended in an annulment, Paschel went on to wed three more times (in 1998, 2007 and 2015) and fathered at least four children, including his late son Kazhem, who died in March 2018 at 13 months old.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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The annulment was controversial; even some of Georgescu’s leftist detractors argued that the decision was anti-democratic.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The network also suggested that the threat of license revocation was the point.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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The penalties for a conviction may include prison time, large fines, driver’s license revocation, and more.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
26 May 2026
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In Village People’s gay-empowerment lexicon this means joining a gay community, for true abolition from the slavery of societal/self-loathing cannot be achieved on one’s own.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the United States, the history and memorialization of both America’s founding and the freedom movement illustrate Philadelphia’s major role in the success of the Underground Railroad.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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José Palma, national coordinator of the National TPS Alliance — an advocacy group that has fought in federal courts against the cancellation of TPS for several countries—welcomed the extension of protections for the Lebanese.—
Gisela Salomon,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years.—
Ronald Blum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Neutralization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutralization. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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