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Recent Examples of neutralization
But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
And Value Chains: Companies reducing costs and emissions can gain market share, providing financial support for carbon neutralization.
—Morten Johansen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The very resources that had not been brought to bear on Hamas, thus enabling the disaster of October 7, achieved the neutralization of Hezbollah within weeks.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Similar to what refined oils go through, the tallow may need neutralization — a chemical refining process usually involving an alkaline solution that’s basically baking powder, which separates free fatty acids from the tallow.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
And Value Chains: Companies reducing costs and emissions can gain market share, providing financial support for carbon neutralization.
—Morten Johansen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The very resources that had not been brought to bear on Hamas, thus enabling the disaster of October 7, achieved the neutralization of Hezbollah within weeks.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Similar to what refined oils go through, the tallow may need neutralization — a chemical refining process usually involving an alkaline solution that’s basically baking powder, which separates free fatty acids from the tallow.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutralization
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Its language, however, threatened to do far more than undo the nullification of state anti-sedition laws.—
Time,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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The action followed Noriega’s nullification of Panama’s presidential election and the killing of a U.S. serviceman.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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As the researchers expected, validation was associated with reductions in negative emotional intensity, while invalidation reliably escalated distress.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Court’s usurpation runs deeper than the invalidation of statutes with a liberal cast, though there has been plenty of that.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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In the movie, moments after the annulment is announced—on TV while father and sons are in a bar—gunshots are heard.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The couple divorced in 1980, though Caroline had to wait until 1992 for the Catholic Church to grant her an annulment.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The effort appears to be the first use of a law enacted three years ago allowing the revocation of citizenship and subsequent deportation of Palestinian citizens who were convicted of certain violent crimes such as terrorism and received financial support from the Palestinian Authority as a reward.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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If the council agrees, the changes would apply to enhancements in short-term lodging permit conditions and enforcement, including mandatory revocation provisions, and would also clarify rules for shade coverings on the city’s beaches to ensure public safety and emergency access.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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In 1986, during a summit meeting in Iceland, Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan surprised their staffs as well as the world by pledging the abolition of all nuclear weapons.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the past year, their silence broken by the abolition of the police force, residents have started trading stories.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Delays and cancellations in plane travel were also caused by air traffic control issues, which won't happen this time around since the shutdown won't pertain to the Transportation Department.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The move, however, came after layoffs at HHS’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the whipsaw cancellation and restoration of $2 billion in funding for its programs in January.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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