as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
the constitutional amendment that nullified Prohibition
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Recent Examples of nullified
However, courts nullified the FTC ruling on a technicality in July 2025–just days before it was set to go into effect.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
The second time, the Vulcans blocked a punt, field goal and extra point while Cignetti’s IUP team had a pair of onside kick recoveries nullified by penalties.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
As a result, much of the original's monotony was nullified, but what about the rest?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Shortly thereafter, an apparent 70-yard punt return for a score by La Costa Canyon safety Ford Mitchell was nullified by a blindside block penalty.
—Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
The normally reliable kicker officially missed two field goals, from 43 and 52 yards, and didn't connect on a 57-yarder that was nullified due to a penalty.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
McTavish’s tally was nullified, however, by an offside challenge by André Tourigny.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Officiating decisions, including a pass interference call that nullified an 80-yard defensive touchdown, had head coach Spencer Danielson and his staff to charge onto the field at times.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Nov. 2025
The 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty nullified the gain and pushed Chicago back on the drive — though Moore later delivered a 25-yard touchdown on the same possession.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
The second time, the Vulcans blocked a punt, field goal and extra point while Cignetti’s IUP team had a pair of onside kick recoveries nullified by penalties.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
As a result, much of the original's monotony was nullified, but what about the rest?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Shortly thereafter, an apparent 70-yard punt return for a score by La Costa Canyon safety Ford Mitchell was nullified by a blindside block penalty.
—Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
The normally reliable kicker officially missed two field goals, from 43 and 52 yards, and didn't connect on a 57-yarder that was nullified due to a penalty.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
McTavish’s tally was nullified, however, by an offside challenge by André Tourigny.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Officiating decisions, including a pass interference call that nullified an 80-yard defensive touchdown, had head coach Spencer Danielson and his staff to charge onto the field at times.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Nov. 2025
The 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty nullified the gain and pushed Chicago back on the drive — though Moore later delivered a 25-yard touchdown on the same possession.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nullified
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Telling that the utopian futurists of mid-century envisioned a post-scarcity world brought about by technology, where dangerous work, boring work, routine work was done by machines, and labor itself was abolished so that all humans would be free to be artists, philosophers, writers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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While sales of EVs and plug-ins have grown, the rate of adoption in California has slowed in the past couple of years, before the federal tax credit was abolished.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The measure raised modest revenues, which fell as rich people moved out of the country to avoid paying, and the measure was repealed by the government of President Emmanuel Macron in 2017.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the current state school aid budget repealed that option.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Residential garbage and recycling pickup scheduled for today has been canceled, according to the news release.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thus, the Special Plan Commission Meeting scheduled for February 2, 2026, has been canceled.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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The panel’s opinion overturned Sjostrom’s ruling on the inactive voters and upheld his ruling on the petitions gathered by non-residents — with the net effect of allowing both directives to invalidate signatures.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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She was stripped of her Olympic gold medal in the team event and her scores were voided.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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Four days later, Musk became the first person ever worth $700 billion, after the Delaware Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had voided an award of Tesla stock options now worth $126 billion to Musk.—
Matt Durot,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Nullified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nullified. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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