Example Sentences

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But mostly, we are afraid that someone will invalidate the core beliefs that we rely on to help us make sense of the world.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

If leaders choose to close the museum, Illinois will invalidate decades of valuable and meaningful research and preservation work, as well as people’s interest in the state’s history and culture.

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2015

Let me start by saying that regardless of the accuracy of what I write below, unexpected events will occur during the year that will invalidate at least some part of the forecast.

From Forbes • Jan. 1, 2015

He attempts to debunk Zinn through apagoge, as if finding an exception to Zinn's every rule will invalidate Zinn's entire argument.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Though if the force of gravity has changed, too, that, of course, will change the time of vibration of any pendulum, and so of course will invalidate my results.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan