disqualify

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Recent Examples of disqualify Existing rules issued by the Biden administration in June already disqualify most migrants who cross into the U.S. illegally from asylum. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025 She was recently disqualified from the case after an affair with one of the top prosecutors. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025 Criminal charges are still pending against Trump and allies including Giuliani and Meadows in Georgia, but the fate of that case is now up in the air after a Georgia appeals court ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from overseeing the prosecution. Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Last month, a group of Democrats on the committee sent a letter to Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, arguing that allegations related to Hegseth’s workplace behavior and treatment of women should disqualify him from leading the Pentagon. Andrew Torgan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for disqualify 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disqualify
Verb
  • Citing South Korean law, Korea Zinc claimed Young Poong’s voting rights were invalidated under that structure.
    Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • When the Dodgers won a championship during the height of a global pandemic in 2020, most fans chose to invalidate the team's success.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Trump also nullified Biden’s decision to eliminate a list of sanctioned Cuban military companies and hotels.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The score was nullified by a holding penalty on Humphrey.
    Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Especially since active duty troops are forbidden from doing law enforcement under the Posse Comitatus Act.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The executive order does not mention key Trump campaign promises like banning gender-affirming care for minors or forbidding trans youth from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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