as in overturns
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to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order
Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.
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The insight reportedly overturns a paradigm established nearly two centuries ago by popular British mathematician Lord Kelvin’s brother, James Thompson, who at the time proposed that pressure and friction contribute to ice melting alongside temperature.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025 -
The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some contracts restrict agents' flexibility, cut their overrides or tether them to systems that don't support their style of working.—
Angela Palo,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kennedy previously ran an anti-vaccine group and campaigned on ending vaccine mandates.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Do not wait for government mandates to become a compliance requirement for doing business.—
Denis Mandich,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That could change if ACIP reverses Kennedy's restriction when the committee meets later this month, but that may be unlikely.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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The move reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, an unnamed person familiar with the announcement told The Associated Press.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Now that the process has been initiated, the Security Council must vote within 30 days on a resolution to continue Iran‘s sanctions relief, requiring at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, or France to pass.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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That’s, in part, because the Council would have to pull off an override on the Bally’s matter by early next week due to rules that set a tighter timeline for objecting to mayoral vetoes on land use matters.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Reeves has repeatedly dismissed the possibility of bending her own fiscal rules on borrowing.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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While many students across Michigan face rules from districts or teachers limiting their phone use, the state has no law in place standardizing cellphone restrictions across school districts.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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If Cal Fire revokes the licenses, Devastating Pyrotechnics owner Kenneth Chee and BlackStar Fireworks owner Craig Cutright could be fined and will be barred from reapplying for the licenses for one year.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Property tax repeals or reforms are being considered in multiple states across the country, following the consistent rise of property taxes over the past five years.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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The deal, the evictions, the rent-regulation repeals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Countermands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermands. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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