as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of disqualify
There's a line dividing those who believe his personality and character should be disqualifying—and those who believe that only a person with such disregard for how he is perceived could have made so many necessary changes to the country.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In normal times, such an embrace of lawlessness would be disqualifying for the GOP that prides itself on law-and-order hardlines, but this is not the Republican Party of ol’.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The complex tax legislation disqualified all new EVs assembled outside of North America and implemented strict new requirements for the sourcing of battery materials.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
The voters appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, and the justices reversed Judge Wallace by a 4-3 vote, and ruled that Trump must be disqualified from the primary election ballot in Colorado.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In normal times, such an embrace of lawlessness would be disqualifying for the GOP that prides itself on law-and-order hardlines, but this is not the Republican Party of ol’.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The complex tax legislation disqualified all new EVs assembled outside of North America and implemented strict new requirements for the sourcing of battery materials.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
The voters appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, and the justices reversed Judge Wallace by a 4-3 vote, and ruled that Trump must be disqualified from the primary election ballot in Colorado.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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The measure, if passed, would be retroactive and invalidate any results of judicial retention votes on the Nov. 5 ballot.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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These efforts include invalidating mail-in ballots, purging swing state voter rolls, and challenging the votes of Americans and military service members overseas.Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The decision to cancel Referendum 8 effectively nullified the votes of up to 20,000 residents who have already cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday's election.Martin Vassolo, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Florida State lawyers have estimated that without a court victory nullifying the grant of rights, the cost for the school to leave the ACC could be $572 million.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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Prior to July 2021, when the NCAA adopted its provisional NIL rules, cheerleaders stood out as the one cohort of college athletes who were not forbidden from dealing their rights of publicity.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The 2019 Disney original Noelle imagines the North Pole as a monarchy — specifically, one that follows the same sexist rules as European royalty who forbade women from taking the throne.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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