overruling 1 of 2

present participle of overrule

overruling

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overruling
Noun
  • Build specific points where humans can intervene, adjust parameters or override decisions.
    Anna Turos, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Most importantly, the proposal provides that, when discovery items are turned over belatedly, judges can impose consequences that stop short of dismissing the whole case, if a lesser remedy can ensure fairness to the defendant.
    Jane Manning, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • So lawmakers aren't dismissing Golden Dome out of hand.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The night picked up after the veto ceremony, which saw the nominations stay the same.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The veto raises those limits by $325 per student, per year, until 2425.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • According to Mike White logic, the greatest sin isn’t being a mess but wasting your energy in denying rather than dealing.
    Joe Joyce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • After first denying the nonprofit’s request for more time, the state agency in January extended the timeline to allow for construction to complete in October 2026.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In December 2023, Congress passed a National Defense Authorization Act that aimed to block any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without approval from the Senate or an act of Congress.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Diddy is expected to return to court on March 17 and will spend the holiday season behind bars after withdrawing his appeal for bail.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The abolition of mandatory retirement rules under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act has opened the door to longer tenures.
    Rob Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Advertisement Survivors received some medical care and some form of compensation, but campaigns for more compensation and the abolition of nuclear weapons are ongoing.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • FedEx — The stock gained more than 1% after Jefferies upgraded FedEx to buy from hold, saying investors are ignoring the cost-cutting efforts at the packing and shipping company that will continue to drive earnings growth regardless of the macroeconomic challenges.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Yet there’s no ignoring the fact that the Rockies would’ve loved to have Brito penciled in as their second baseman this year.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But with Matty’s help — in particular her coaxing Grant’s priest into praising his parishioner’s devout Catholicism — the team is able to get an annulment, proving Grant committed fraud by lying about his religious faith to his atheist wife.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The court documents cite irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct as the reason for divorce, while Cyrus is also seeking an annulment on the grounds of fraud.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
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“Overruling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overruling. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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