1
as in void
having no legal or binding force
the contract was null because one party forgot to sign it
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2
as in worthless
having no usefulness
that information is as null as no information at all
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as in to abolish
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 null
Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
The null result emerged from 280 days of data collection.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Don’t worry that cooking with it will null the point: The heat is not so high as to damage the principal flavors.
—Emily Horton, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Adjective
Seen in the course of welcoming all to events at her makeshift headquarters on a vacant lot, questions about the authenticity of her Jewish identity posed by traditionalists become null in the face of the good works of Judaism in action.
—Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
The null result emerged from 280 days of data collection.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
Verb
This kind of show needs a cast willing to dive headlong into the curdling eggnog (or, specifically here, a vat of premade Manhattans to null the pain) and Cullman has the right crew, with Mare Winningham and David Rasche playing the flailing parents.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Don’t worry that cooking with it will null the point: The heat is not so high as to damage the principal flavors.
—Emily Horton, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for null
Adjective
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There’s a tension in Hood’s work between light and dark, form and void—a paradox that may tie back to her rocky childhood.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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For the Rockies, Blackmon’s retirement has left a noticeable leadership void in the clubhouse that will need to be filled by a committee of players in 2025.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2025
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He was convicted of financial card fraud in 1990, theft by check twice in 1990, two counts of issuing a worthless check in 1994, theft by check in 1994, four counts of theft by swindle in October 2002 and one count two months later.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Under Mike Ashley’s ownership, Newcastle were so rarely in the hat for cups that headwear of any sort was a worthless luxury.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But Reagan faced a Democratic House of Representatives that objected, and by 1984, the GOP had abandoned its call for abolishing the department.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, the president has intertwined his calls to abolish the $268 billion bureaucracy with attempts to leverage it to advance his own agenda.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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David Celestine, 20, was charged by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday with aggravated discharge of a firearm, a class X felony, and possession of a firearm while FOID card invalid or not eligible, a class 3 felony, according to a post on the Elgin Police Department Facebook page.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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After a period in a refugee camp, with Israeli soldiers deeming land deeds invalid, the narrative jumps to 1978, to a territory populated by Palestinians crammed in modest quarters, without citrus trees and with regular curfews.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Shoppers have taken to social media to document the egg crisis, sharing photos and videos of empty shelves, limit notices and other shoppers mass purchasing eggs.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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In the rest of the building on this Saturday the hallways were empty.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In his first weeks in office, Trump has accelerated this process, issuing unconstitutional executive orders and directives purporting to repeal birthright citizenship and directing OMB to freeze funding for thousands of federal programs in violation of an act of Congress.—
Lawrence Norden,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Under the Congressional Review Act, each regulation can be repealed one by one with a simple majority vote in each chamber and the signature of the president.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Deployment to Ukraine is canceled, deployment to Gaza, however, is still on the table.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Black History Month is simply too ingrained now to cancel, Miletsky said.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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However, Thompson noted that some movement each day is necessary to avoid tiredness.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Null.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/null. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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