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Recent Examples of disqualify
They were disqualified for passing the baton outside the changeover zone.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
While the abhorrent actions that led Cuomo’s fall should alone be disqualifying, there’s also the matter of policy.
—Romen Borsellino, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
The Trump administration has taken a series of actions around Harvard's international students, including disqualifying Harvard students from receiving visas.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 20 June 2025
After Bolivia’s electoral tribunal disqualified former President Evo Morales, a leftist political titan who still wields influence in the country’s tropical heartland, from running in the August presidential election, his loyalists took to the streets this month to vent their outrage.
—Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
While the abhorrent actions that led Cuomo’s fall should alone be disqualifying, there’s also the matter of policy.
—Romen Borsellino, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
The Trump administration has taken a series of actions around Harvard's international students, including disqualifying Harvard students from receiving visas.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 20 June 2025
After Bolivia’s electoral tribunal disqualified former President Evo Morales, a leftist political titan who still wields influence in the country’s tropical heartland, from running in the August presidential election, his loyalists took to the streets this month to vent their outrage.
—Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualify
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Michigan’s win doesn’t invalidate Ohio State’s national championship, nor does Ohio State’s national championship erase the disappointment for Buckeyes seniors who went winless against Michigan in their careers.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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For example, Liebmann writes that liberals were not as concerned about excessive claims of judicial authority when judges invalidated conservative state laws.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2025
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The directive attempted to nullify birthright citizenship, as enshrined by the Fourteenth Amendment for over 150 years, and restore an older understanding of U.S. citizenship not seen since before the Civil War.—
Time,
Time,
14 July 2025
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All the Court has done is nullify an injunction that a judge had no basis to issue.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
12 July 2025
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Still others turn their front yards into meadows of wildflowers (though some homeowners' associations forbid that).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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But Henry Cavill prevailed: his Superman and his nerd-to-die-for Clark Kent were of course gorgeous to look at, but in the first movie especially, both guises carried an erotic charge that’s usually forbidden in the world of comic-book movies.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 July 2025
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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