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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to make (something) no longer valid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
Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Congressional Republicans sought to override measures that expanded the Office of Police Complaints’ access to records.
—Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Such a move could further undermine D.C.'s limited self-governance—its residents lack voting representation in Congress and see their laws subject to congressional override—while setting a precedent for using federal authority to override local decision-making in other U.S. territories.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
Voters are being asked to temporarily override the state’s independent redistricting commission and let the Legislature redraw congressional maps, in an effort to give Democrats an advantage in future races.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Congressional Republicans sought to override measures that expanded the Office of Police Complaints’ access to records.
—Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for override
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Argentine lawmakers overturned a key veto issued by President Javier Milei, a move that comes ahead of legislative elections that could define his term.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Keanu, still annoyed from the veto ceremony, talked to Ava Pearl in the HOH room and called Rachel a liar.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Since only a tiny fraction of employers who hire H-2A workers face severe consequences, human rights organizations also have urged regulators to suspend or ban more employers from the H-2A program.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the results were impressive, the fact that Nutrafol even went to the trouble of creating such a rigorous study around its supplement was enough to make our dermatologist judges suspend their usual skepticism around the ingestibles category.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Adra said that one of his brothers was run over by a settler riding an ATV and had to be hospitalized.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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He is known to run over defenders.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the new leadership team, headed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), all voted against the House’s 2021 AUMF repeal bill and did not have an appetite to bring it up last year.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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The senator also called for the full repeal of Section 230.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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Duncan even contemplated mounting a third-party challenge to Trump as a No Labels candidate last year before withdrawing his name from consideration.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Biden administration had weighed withdrawing antitrust immunity for the joint venture, which began in 2016.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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He's witnessed countless episodes of passengers wearing noise-canceling headphones and earbuds walking through airport terminals, oblivious to their surroundings and putting themselves and others in danger.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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That proposal was canceled after bipartisan opposition in the Senate.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Namely, the fact that Powell’s booksellers had been raising concerns about the use AI art long before the merch drop—concerns that management repeatedly overruled.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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While the Board of Immigration Appeals has final say in the case and Bondi can not directly rule, the attorney general has authority to intervene in any of the board’s cases and overruled a previously permissible legal standard from the Biden administration's policy.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Override.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/override. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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