nulling

verb

present participle of null
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action asked the state court to null the election results because of widespread voting irregularities

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nulling
  1. abolishing
  2. repealing
  3. canceling
  4. overturning
  5. voiding
  6. avoiding
  7. invalidating
Verb
  • Troy Jackson, poised to be the Democratic nominee, supports abolishing ICE.
    — Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Some Republican candidates advocated for abolishing property taxes altogether.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Definition of abolishing
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  • Instead of lobbying for the law, Congress should be thinking about reforming, if not repealing, it.
    — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Advertisement In recent years, some church leaders have advocated for repealing the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of repealing
Verb
  • Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty last week to 55 charges, canceling a trial that was scheduled to begin in October at a courthouse in Columbia County.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
  • Cracker Barrel stopped the updates in their tracks, reverting to its old logo and canceling plans to remodel restaurants.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of canceling
Verb
  • In June, 2025, the Israelis conducted an extended assault that appeared partly aimed at overturning the Iranian government.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The players were aware of popular sentiment against overturning the call.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of overturning
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  • The league has not ruled out the possibility of suspending Leonard or voiding his contract.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The judge stopped short of explicitly voiding the deal shielding Trump from tax scrutiny but said the government cannot claim that the agreement was the result of a legitimate legal process.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of voiding
Verb
  • Balancing the risks of using AI agents versus the threat of avoiding them is a work in progress with no clear answers for now.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • The Irish notwithstanding, this year appears more manageable, avoiding Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon and Michigan in Big Ten play.
    — Justin Williams, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of avoiding
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  • Alongside the launch, Anthropic is introducing beta features that allow developers to change available tools mid-conversation without invalidating prompt caches and automatically route flagged API requests to another model.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Two years later, the 8th Circuit summarily affirmed an order invalidating a program in Arkansas that allowed students to take voluntary Bible classes during school hours.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
Definition of invalidating
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