overrides 1 of 2

plural of override

overrides

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of override

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overrides
Noun
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
Verb
Both are very valuable, but my mind often overrides intuition or the nature of what my body knows, its somatic intelligence. Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025 However, the study pointed out that allowing AI to provide evaluation scores to recruiters overrides human hiring decisions, influencing job acceptance rates and worker productivity. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025 To accomplish this, his proposal expressly overrides the entire State Constitution. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 Walpin is a short man who wears thick, recently acquired sideburns and has a rapid-fire delivery that overrides replies. Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025 In Jewish tradition, pikuach nefesh — the obligation to preserve life — overrides nearly all else. N. Goldberg, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025 Its view of what the law permits is binding on other agencies and officials unless the attorney general overrides the office or the president opts not to take its advice. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025 That same idea overrides the exhibition as a whole. Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025 That, the lawsuit alleges, overrides Congress’ authority. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrides
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • SpaceX cancels a launch to bring astronauts home.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Griffin Crosa #39 of the North Dakota State Bison kicks a field goal during the first half against the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field on August 29, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lightning has streaked across Arizona skies over the past few weeks as the state's monsoon season kicks into full force.
    Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The deal, the evictions, the rent-regulation repeals.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lloyd’s character was given a new lease on life years ago by Isaac, who created a machine that suspends Orloff’s head in liquid and supports its life without his body.
    Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • What good is a long-term plan to pre-fund benefits if the state simply suspends contributions to temporarily shave $700 million in annual spending?
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At a single, two-minute dinner, Hermann Kafka smashes a cockroach while denigrating his son’s engagement to Felice Bauer before reiterating his distaste for Franz’s writing.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Excitement around the closing stretch is spilling onto the charts in the United Kingdom, as a wave of Coldplay smashes return and rise this frame.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cabaret is cutting its Broadway run short as star Billy Porter withdraws from the production.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Innovation fades, and the team quietly withdraws.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The decision overrules a lower court's decision that had blocked USAID cuts.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Overrides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrides. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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