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Recent Examples of neutralization
And Value Chains: Companies reducing costs and emissions can gain market share, providing financial support for carbon neutralization.
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Morten Johansen, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
So social media sort of accelerated the normalization, or neutralization, of this word.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
Similar to what refined oils go through, the tallow may need neutralization — a chemical refining process usually involving an alkaline solution that’s basically baking powder, which separates free fatty acids from the tallow.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Morten Johansen, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
So social media sort of accelerated the normalization, or neutralization, of this word.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
Similar to what refined oils go through, the tallow may need neutralization — a chemical refining process usually involving an alkaline solution that’s basically baking powder, which separates free fatty acids from the tallow.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutralization
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That nullification earned Goldman a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, his first time in the president’s office.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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The part that's less straightforward is the nullification of cause and effect.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Demonstrators are demanding the invalidation of the elections over the months-long detention of opposition leader Tundu Lissu, which kept him off the ballot.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Research on emotional invalidation shows us why this is so harmful.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The annulment, first reported by Sports Business Journal, came as a surprise, given that the parties had portrayed the deal as having been consummated.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her defense hopes that Friday's annulment of the case of the protester killings will pave the way for the court to similarly send back the clock on the main sedition case that resulted in her 10-year prison sentence.—
ISABEL DEBRE,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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Theoretically, a revocation of reciprocal tariffs would boost stocks, lifting names that were especially affected by the duties.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Grijalva and others connected that action and the revocation of clean energy incentives with the prospect of drought and drying reservoirs that could keep water from flowing to Yuma in the future.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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In fact, polls show a supermajority of Ohioans support the outright abolition of all property taxes.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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And an even larger proportion of the same segment of American society, even those willing to contemplate the abolition of slavery, could not imagine a post-emancipation America of racial equality as anything but a nightmare.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Despite the 2025 report (read it here) showing a slight uptick from last year’s 468 to 489 LGBTQ characters across all platforms, that number takes a major blow as more than 200 (41%) of those characters will not return, due to series cancellations, endings or limited series format.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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But finding another seat can be difficult, especially if this lasts into the holidays, or if bad weather causes flight cancellations elsewhere.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Neutralization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutralization. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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