How to Use invalidate in a Sentence

invalidate

verb
  • The study invalidates earlier theories.
  • At the one end, the court could agree and invalidate the whole thing.
    — The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Even a tiny sip of water or a puff of smoke is enough to invalidate the fast.
    — Niniek Karmini, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The lawsuit asked a judge to invalidate votes cast at the drive-thru sites.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Musk has said that high bot numbers would be grounds to invalidate the initial deal.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 June 2022
  • Courts would be asked to invalidate the bans; and there could be legal battles over that.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Does this invalidate the changes?
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Might be hard rn but try empathize, don’t invalidate her feelings.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Their lawsuit asks a judge to invalidate the portion of the law that would affect them.
    — Don Thompson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The local coalition of business groups sued the city last year to invalidate the law.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Does the failure of the latter invalidate the salience of the former?
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The sarcasm taints the question but doesn’t invalidate it.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That action, the lawsuit says, would invalidate the ballot rather than count it.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2020
  • To me, this invalidates the election, but management claims this is fine.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
  • To me, this invalidates the election, but management claims this is fine.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
  • None of that invalidates the thesis.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Just keep in mind that using a promo code at checkout could invalidate your rewards.
    — Jasmin Suknanan,jason Stauffer, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But those House lines were invalidated by the district court.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • The district then filed a lawsuit against Disney in state court to invalidate the deal.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Would a move to a new high invalidate the argument or merely make the bubble larger?
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The suit does not, however, ask for a court to invalidate Kemp’s election.
    — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018
  • That process could be enough to either invalidate the rule or delay things long enough to get past that 6-month period.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The notice gives a voter the ability to mark their form as a forgery, invalidating it.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • These findings invalidate many of the old assumptions about how humans evolved.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But the final straw came when the court’s ruling forced the county to invalidate all cannabis licenses.
    — Adam Elmahrek, Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Ness took the city to federal court to invalidate the ordinance.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Democrats want to steal the election and invalidate the will of the American people.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Democrats want to steal the election and invalidate the will of the American people.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But all the judges said a court could neither invalidate the results nor halt the certification process at this point.
    — Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Because the insurance mandate was central to the law, the whole law must be invalidated, the judge ruled.
    — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2018

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