as in veto
the doing away with something by formal action
Citizens are advocating for a congressional override of the president's proposal.
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as in to veto
to make (something) no longer valid
Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school. Upper management reserves the right to override any decisions made by supervisors.
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Recent Examples of override
Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2025
On/Off enables or disables the Direct Manual Focus, Sony's name for the aforementioned manual focus override mode.
—PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Danielle Sukenik, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Discharge petitions are also rarely successful and even more rarely used by a member of the majority party to override their own leadership.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
To override Stein’s veto, the GOP would need either one Democrat in the state House flipping over to approve, undermining their fellow party members’ power, or ensure not all Democrats are in attendance when the veto-override vote occurs.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2025
On/Off enables or disables the Direct Manual Focus, Sony's name for the aforementioned manual focus override mode.
—PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
This pursuit, in attempts to override the chemistry of the changing brain, may lend to disruption in the person’s life, often within relationships.
—Danielle Sukenik, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Discharge petitions are also rarely successful and even more rarely used by a member of the majority party to override their own leadership.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for override
Noun
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That veto override vote has been rescheduled several times.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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State lawmakers previously gave Hawthorne extraordinary veto power over any track in the area, but have been considering withdrawing that power.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The victory was later overturned into a no-contest while Garcia was suspended for a year by the New York State Athletic Commission.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Many Americans suspected an increase in recalls due to the Food and Drug Administration suspending its quality control program as a result of its massive staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report from Reuters last month.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Blackburn, who began the season on the injured list, allowed one run over two innings with a strikeout with High-A Brooklyn on April 19 in his first rehab start.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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After starting the season on the injured list, Díaz has appeared in six games since his return on April 15, allowing eight runs over six innings.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Rather than a gradual strengthening of local capacity as a way of reimagining how the global development industry operates, the Trump administration’s proposals simply withdraw federal support.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Receiver Ny Carr, who entered the transfer portal a week ago, has withdrawn and is returning to Miami, 247 Sports reported.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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If the mask is stamped with a GB number ending in 2006, it was made based on the previous standard and is still fine to use so long as the expiration date hasn't passed.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trump skipped three times during his last presidency (the 2020 affair was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic).—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Replays clearly showed that Sam Bennett was ahead of the play, giving the referees the easy decision to overrule the initial goal call.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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After all, this will go to the very Supreme Court that declared, when overruling Chevron, that courts owe no deference to the executive branch when interpreting statutes.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the past half decade, whole strata of this intricate New York support system have been smashed.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Red Sox first baseman smashed his second three-run homer in two nights in an 8-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Override.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/override. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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