How to Use strike down in a Sentence

strike down

verb
Definition of strike downnext
Synonyms for strike downnext
  • The Supreme Court of the United States struck down that program in 2023.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In 2017, the Supreme Court struck down the exemption law.
    — Harriet Marsden, theweek, 3 July 2024
  • How is this plan different from the one struck down by the Supreme Court?
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Would the Supreme Court strike down the laws, and if so, how would the government respond?
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Both things struck down by the Supreme Court along similar lines.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down such race-conscious practices.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • Voters in both states struck down those measures at the ballot box.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But the next year, a larger panel of judges from the 9th Circuit voted 7-4 to reverse the rulings that struck down the law.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • If the motion to dismiss is struck down then the parties could have a court date in September about the substance of the case.
    — Catrina Petersen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Aug. 2024
  • This proposal was struck down by the community, and the city went back to the drawing board.
    — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • That program was struck down by the Supreme Court this summer and never took effect.
    — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, and his efforts were struck down in federal court.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The story begins in Brooklyn in 1914, with Ederle struck down by the measles.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
  • If Edney failed to comply, the entire vaccine law would be struck down.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The Supreme Court struck down those provisions, on grounds the state had tried to usurp federal power.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Missouri Supreme Court struck down an effort to do it through the state budget in February — the second time the court did so in four years.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • The new law limits the rationale the court can use to strike down decisions by the government.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • However, the court has never struck down a Basic Law or an amendment to one.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Supreme Court did not strike down or alter any development fees.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Whitehouse noted that the federal district judge who sought to strike down the health care law is a former Cornyn aide.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2020
  • This summer, the court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2023
  • These officers were struck down while answering the call of duty to serve and protect.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Section 706 goes on to explain the circumstances in which a court should strike down agency action.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In 2020, Trump signed an executive order that would ban TikTok, which was struck down in court.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Lawmakers have for years tried to use the state budget, but the Missouri Supreme Court in February struck down that effort for the second time in four years.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Courts eventually struck down the decision, but the wording remains on the books.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 5 July 2024
  • Covid long haulers are suffering the same fate, many struck down as first wavers in March of 2020 are still disabled and sick as ever over four years later.
    — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 22 June 2024
  • The judges seemed to wrestle with how to figure out how much of the law was constitutional or not and whether any pieces could be salvaged if some parts were struck down.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 19 July 2024
  • The Supreme Court in 2022 struck down a law that capped the amount of campaign funds politicians could use to recoup personal loans to their campaigns after elections.
    — Patrick Svitek, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • Holyoke predicted the ban would be challenged in court and eventually struck down.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'strike down.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: