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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The decision would negate last year's Supreme Court ruling.
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The witness's testimony negated what the defendant had claimed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any tinkering by users would negate the principle of a worldwide standard.
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Crimes of violence do not negate law, they merely require its better enforcement.
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Each wave brought more floodwater through those broken windows, negating the work of sump-pumps.
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Given this view, most of the proposals introduced by the Reagan administration were designed to negate federal policy interventions.
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Many of these emotions energize greater effort but others negate effort and lead to dissatisfaction, stress and withdrawal.
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The veto must be authorized by statute and may only negate what an Executive department or independent agency has proposed.
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The word riot, she went on to say, negated the fact that organized resistance had taken place.
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Within a few weeks, they accrue a debt that negates the salary their recruiter had promised them.