as in main
coming before all others in importance
the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup
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as in vetoing
to make (something) no longer valid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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as in smashing
to knock down and drive over
They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.
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Recent Examples of overriding
Carrie Leach,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2026
The overriding sentiment is that Arsenal want Little to stay.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Omar Kardoudi
june 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
But the overriding feeling was that the Huskies have another good year in store.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
My overriding goal is to help older minority adults connect with research so they are not left out of the very studies meant to reduce health disparities in aging.
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Carrie Leach,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2026
The overriding sentiment is that Arsenal want Little to stay.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
The second layer receives data from all suckers, analyzes the object's position over a window of roughly four seconds, and decides the global gripping strategy – whether to curl the tentacle up, down, or rotate it – overriding local decisions if needed.
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Omar Kardoudi
june 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
But the overriding feeling was that the Huskies have another good year in store.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overriding
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Because Swift has no docking ports or grappling fixtures to grab onto, Katalyst built its 880-pound, 5-foot tall LINK spacecraft with a custom robotic capture mechanism that will attach to a feature on the satellite’s main structure.
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One of the festival’s main attractions is the FIFA store, an 8,000-square-foot indoor facility on the east side of the grounds.
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Amid touching on other touchy topics, Xavi also accused Laporta of vetoing Lionel Messi’s proposed 2023 return to the club.
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At the end of the day, Lamont’s record is signing the bills that the top 1% can tolerate, while vetoing the one that gives workers real power at the bargaining table.
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Powell is accused of smashing the mug over the victim's head.
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France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.
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Roughly two-thirds of American households own their primary residence, according to the Federal Survey of Consumer Finances from 2022, the most recent edition.
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The capacity of the primary viewing area at the Washington Monument is set at about 150,000, according to Secret Service Special Agent in Charge David Yamen, who runs the agency's dignitary protective division.
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While conventional wisdom had long been that consumers should build up a certain level of savings — six months' worth of living expenses, for example — those who study the accounts now consider saving to be a dynamic process of paying in, withdrawing, and then replenishing.
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The military held a similar security strip from 1985 until 2000, before withdrawing after years of steady casualties, a toll that is accumulating once again.
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To achieve crisp dots and clean linework at home, Slynko recommends using a dotting tool and a thin detail brush, or reaching for a stamping plate.
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There’s another subtle reference to baseball in the film, again stamping its moment in time.
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The name of the predominant flavor must appear as part of the product name.
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Matthew Harmon of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, representing law enforcement, the predominant users of ALPRs in the area.
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The agency is seeking a temporary restraining order to bar the federal Housing and Urban Development Department from suspending the funds.
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But not all commissioners agreed that suspending the cameras was the right solution.
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“Overriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overriding. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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