Example Sentences

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Young families have gravitated to the Outer Sunset as remote work has negated the need for long commutes, said Kathryn Grantham, who owns Black Bird Bookstore on Irving Street.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

The overcrowding has negated months of government warnings to stay physically distant during the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2020

Among those on the other side is the writer Jessa Crispin, who believes that the push to make feminism universally palatable has negated the meaning of the ideology writ large.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2017

“There’s now a uniform, heavy-groundstroke ball that has negated net rushing and neutralized the former effects of backspin,” Yandell said.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2016

Or, in abstract terms, Ulysses has negated the negation and has here suggested the subtle work of the process in doing so.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques