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as in vetoed
to make (something) no longer valid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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The only concern is the status of 28 staffers whose positions are in question after funding was vetoed.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025 -
DeWine signed the budget bill in June, but vetoed 67 provisions which would have provided immediate property tax relief to homeowners.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The loafers are stamped with the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance, which means doctors give them a thumbs up for supporting foot health.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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While well versed in Russian literature, their ways of thinking were nonetheless stamped by different standards of rigor and universalism.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Three years earlier, Israel had unilaterally withdrawn from Gaza.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Once invested, your after-tax money will be allowed to grow tax free and be withdrawn tax free assuming certain conditions are met.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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This once-passing fad, never projected by the originators or detractors to make it this far, had smashed every measurable and monetizable metric over the last half century.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service attended by hundreds, opened fire and set the building ablaze.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Cal Poly canceled the final three games of the 1960.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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After Patrick Mahomes engineered a 12-play, 86-yard go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter, Harrison Butker kicked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff, giving the Jaguars the ball at the 40.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Again, Kansas City kicked it away.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Athletic previously reported how the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for refereeing in England, suspended Viccars when the allegations first came to light.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Chinese buyers have now pivoted to Argentina, which recently suspended taxes on soybean exports ahead of a pledge from the White House to bail out Buenos Aires’ ailing economy.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Rake them out and run over them with the lawn mower to chop them up before adding them back to your flower beds.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ricklefs allegedly then turned into a Walmart parking lot and attempted to run over other pedestrians before hitting a store employee.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Overridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overridden. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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