How to Use nullify in a Sentence

nullify

verb
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  • The penalty nullified the goal.
  • The law has been nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • The move didn't halt the project or nullify the land lease deal since the city of Bainbridge owns the land, not the county.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The field goal was nullified and UCF owned a 7-6 triumph and a 2-0 record.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The goal of this campaign has been to create facts on the ground that nullify the law.
    — The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2024
  • And the film even breaks the rules of good quest design by nullifying the point of all the other quests.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The citizens’ group that filed suit against the city had asked a judge to nullify the sale.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • The move didn't halt the project or nullify the land lease deal because the city of Bainbridge owns the land, not the county.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Here's a look at the history of the treaty and what could happen if it is nullified.
    — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Willow Project by itself does not nullify all the good Biden has done for the planet.
    — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
  • The lack of a fur market this winter will nullify that.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020
  • And with the snake red herrings nullified, BOA led me to think of a feather boa, which was my way into the greens.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Two years and two days have passed since the lawsuit seeking to nullify the land sale was filed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The Hogs appeared to have stopped a fake field goal run from the 21, but BYU caught a break as they were flagged for delay of game to nullify the play.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Theory of the case: Greg and Quentin hatched a plan to trap Tanya into adultery and nullify their prenup.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The first one nullified a third-down sack and was followed three snaps later by a Green Bay touchdown.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 15 Oct. 2019
  • In that case, the judge acknowledged that the Supreme Court may nullify her decision.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Montana is one of at least a dozen states that has sought to nullify new gun restrictions this year.
    — Iris Samuels, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Their hard work was nullified by Sabres goaltender Linus Ullmark, who turned away 41 shots to hand the Wings a 2-0 loss.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The lawsuit asks a judge to nullify the Horn Lake officials' decisions and to order the city to grant the land-use request for the mosque.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • In the third quarter, Hill’s apparent first-down run on a fake punt was nullified by tight end Josh Hill’s false start.
    — Brett Martel, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2020
  • The goal, then, is to nullify NETs without obliterating the cells that wield them.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
  • Opponents of the measure said the change would nullify parents' rights.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2023
  • With this tactic, the government nullified their lives and deaths.
    — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Winston threw a touchdown pass that was nullified by a penalty, and the Saints settled for the first of Will Lutz’s three second-half field goals.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 20 Aug. 2023
  • But the president’s effort to nullify the election is not the worst outrage.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Allen also had a 28-yard kick return that was nullified by a penalty.
    — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The plaintiffs asked the court to nullify all policy passed during the shutdown.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2020
  • If decisions don’t need to be made on the spot, then this nullifies the need for a strategy entirely: simply evaluate every candidate and pick your favorite.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In that case, the justices ruled in favor of Chevron and nullified a ballot measure that Monterey County voters passed in 2016 to ban new oil and gas wells there over pollution concerns, saying that state regulations took precedent.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024

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