Definitions
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
violate .
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Examples
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The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.
SI.com 2011
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But his use of the term violates the phonemic principle.
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The purely religious nature of this term violates the separation of church and state.
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The purely religious nature of this term violates the separation of church and state.
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She says that changing the offensive term violates what Twain was trying to do, and opens the way for censorship of other controversial works.
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Anakin violates "the Jedi way" by cutting off Dooku's head without any outside consequence or repercussions.
Star Wars and Philosophy darkerblogistan 2009
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She says that changing the offensive term violates what Twain was trying to do, and opens the way for censorship of other controversial works.
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It sounds relatively fine to me, because each grammatical norm it violates is a sort of justifiable.
Yanni illustrates an important point about grammar « Motivated Grammar 2008
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You said “Redness in the error term violates these assumptions and screws up the inferences you can draw and may bias the estimate.”
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