as in null
having no legal or binding force
public disclosure of the terms of the out-of-court settlement renders it null and void
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Recent Examples of null and void
Gulfside then teamed up with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to challenge the awarding of the license to the two entities, and eventually succeeded in having that license declared null and void by the Arkansas Supreme Court in late 2023.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2025
At the very least, the outcome of the election should be null and void and the measure should be revisited on the next ballot with correct information and figures.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Upon the downfall of the old administration, Netanyahu declared the 1974 disengagement agreement null and void and launched a large-scale series of airstrikes across Syrian military sites and infrastructure, as well as a ground invasion seizing more territory beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render Entry null and void.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2025
At the very least, the outcome of the election should be null and void and the measure should be revisited on the next ballot with correct information and figures.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Upon the downfall of the old administration, Netanyahu declared the 1974 disengagement agreement null and void and launched a large-scale series of airstrikes across Syrian military sites and infrastructure, as well as a ground invasion seizing more territory beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render Entry null and void.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for null and void
Recent Examples of Synonyms for null and void
Adjective
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If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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An international arbitral tribunal in The Hague rejected China’s sweeping claims in a 2016 ruling that Beijing continues to dismiss as invalid.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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This Promotion is void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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His landscapes are muddy and void, prone to sudden invasion by disturbing strangers, including the giant whale carcass that arrives on a train at the beginning of his 1989 novel, The Melancholy of Resistance.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Null and void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/null%20and%20void. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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