as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of disqualify
Following the eventful Cook Out 400 at Martinsville, Erik Jones was disqualified by NASCAR for failing to meet the minimum weight requirement laid out in the regulations.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Please note that the entry limit is per person, thus creating multiple accounts or entering on multiple platforms will not increase your number of entries or chance of winning and will disqualify you from participation in this Sweepstakes.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Mar. 2025
The timing of Watkins’ injury not only disqualifies her from this postseason but also complicates her availability for the 2025-26 season.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Writing a proposal can require hundreds of hours of effort, and even a single noncompliant response—out of hundreds—can lead to the entire proposal being disqualified.
—Derek Hoyt, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Please note that the entry limit is per person, thus creating multiple accounts or entering on multiple platforms will not increase your number of entries or chance of winning and will disqualify you from participation in this Sweepstakes.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Mar. 2025
The timing of Watkins’ injury not only disqualifies her from this postseason but also complicates her availability for the 2025-26 season.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Writing a proposal can require hundreds of hours of effort, and even a single noncompliant response—out of hundreds—can lead to the entire proposal being disqualified.
—Derek Hoyt, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualify
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The minute California becomes a regional market, FERC has jurisdiction to invalidate our laws and any player in the regional market, including coal plant owners, can challenge our environmental laws.—
Jamie Court,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Pincus filed a brief on behalf of the American Public Health Association, which argued that invalidating the mandate could increase the cost of preventive care and the cost of health care overall, as patients would delay treatment for preventable diseases and emergencies.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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Moments later, another LAFC goal was nullified by an offside call.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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But surely, this quid pro quo defies all legal paths to citizenship: a truth that, in this climate, would nullify the rights of many Jewish, Italian, Irish, and other families living in our city today.—
Mark Treyger,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Ord also forbade any state money to be paid to the families of deceased Confederate soldiers if the same amounts were not also made available to the families of Union soldiers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Constitution explicitly forbids Congress from issuing bills of attainder—laws that single out individuals for punishment without trial.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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