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verb

Definition of countermandnext
as in to overturn
formal to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.

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noun

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as in veto

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as in mandate

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Recent Examples of countermand
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What remains will be countermanded at the next change in power, the countermander then adding his or her new round of decrees, and on and on. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 30 May 2025 Late in May, the Attorney General of Thailand dropped the charges, countermanding the police. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Feb. 2026 Another said Trump is countermanding the Pentagon, which had made a decision without presidential approval. — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Trump’s Achilles’ heel, where his policies may yet be countermanded by the judicial branch, are his arbitrary tariffs, having their root in a delegation as broad as that for FDR’s National Recovery Administration. — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for countermand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermand
  1. overturn
  2. veto
  3. mandate
  4. cancel
  5. override
  6. rule
  7. revoke
  8. overruling
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  • Rampaging around towns on the Tasmanian coast, Neil has stolen hearts even as he has been spotted overturning road posts, ramming into cars, sleeping in residential areas and blocking traffic.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • Footage from the scene indicated at least eight vehicles were involved, including several that sustained heavy damage, and one that overturned.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Definition of overturn
Noun
  • Others became law without Kelly’s signature or were enacted over her veto by Republicans in the House and Senate.
    — Matthew Kelly July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • DeSantis’ vetoes carved roughly $800 million from the $115 billion state budget the Legislature passed in May, including 140 projects requested by Miami-Dade lawmakers that are worth nearly $88 million, according to a Miami Herald analysis.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of veto
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  • Their fatal flaw, this time around, wasn’t walking away from the LeBron mandate.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Brad’s accountable to me for it, and his team’s accountable to him, but the mandate here is to win.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of mandate
Verb
  • As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The city council voting against a recommendation by its fire marshal to cancel the display.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of cancel
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  • Ensure your reviewer's performance evaluation reflects override decisions, not just throughput.
    — Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Republican leaders in the House and Senate failed to muster the votes to enact the bill into law over Kelly’s veto, and no override attempt was made.
    — Matthew Kelly Updated June 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
Definition of override
Noun
  • In the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, which borders Crimea, another video shows a man filling up a container in the back of his car while two women berate him for breaking the rules.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The Marlins tacked on two runs in the second on Lopez’s ground-rule double and Hicks’ sacrifice fly.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of rule
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  • The United States also issued a waiver for Iran to sell oil on the global market as part of the MOU, a major concession that briefly offered the country an economic lifeline before it was revoked July 7.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • However, Disney, the parent company of ABC, revoked the suspension and the show has remained on air since.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of revoke
Noun
  • The appropriate remedy is congressional overruling of the Marquette case so as to allow the states to regulate loans to their own citizens.
    — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In recent years, the court’s conservative majority overruling of major, longstanding precedents has become a defining feature of Roberts’ tenure.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
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