as in to reject
to decide that (something or someone) is wrong; to rule against (something or someone)
The judge overruled the objection. His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
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Recent Examples of overrule
Al Jardine, 82 Born in Lima, Ohio, on Sept. 3, 1942, and raised in Hawthorne, Calif., with the rest of his bandmates, Jardine, who reportedly had a strong interest in the banjo, pushed for a more folksy Beach Boys sound, but was overruled by the rest of the band.
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 June 2025
Nevertheless, the Moon is at odds with Mercury, which makes your emotions grab hold of you and overrule your common sense.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
In Little, the Fifth Circuit overruled its thirty-year-old Campbell decision.
—Anthony Aycock
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
Then last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Martin v. Boise with its decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, establishing that cities do have the power under the Constitution to enforce an anti-camping ordinance.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 June 2025
Nevertheless, the Moon is at odds with Mercury, which makes your emotions grab hold of you and overrule your common sense.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
In Little, the Fifth Circuit overruled its thirty-year-old Campbell decision.
—Anthony Aycock
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
Then last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Martin v. Boise with its decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, establishing that cities do have the power under the Constitution to enforce an anti-camping ordinance.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrule
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New York Senator Julia Salazar, who was among the electeds observing hearings Thursday called for New Yorkers to reject what is happening inside lower Manhattan immigration courts.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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Social media companies have already gotten several claims dismissed, including a claim of unjust enrichment, Goetz said, because Nazario failed to respond to them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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In a series of tweets, Charli XCX dismissed the controversy and defended her creative choices.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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But the company denies claims that its equipment sparked the 2019 fire, which tore through Sylmar, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills — all suburbs of Los Angeles — burning 8,799 acres.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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To many in the transgender community, the policy also felt like another attack by the current administration to erase them from public spaces and deny their existence.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The Trump administration has tested the limits of this system by refusing to spend money that Congress had previously allocated.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Pallone added Kennedy has refused to take public input about vaccines, including his decision to overhaul a vaccine advisory panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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The result will be an increase in preying on immigrants by the criminal element: robbery, protection scams, sweatshop labor and human trafficking, as the immigrant community withdraws from reliance on no-longer-safe court systems.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2025
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The traffic receded as Chicago withdrew into the distance behind me on Interstate 90.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
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Those who depend on freewheeling and shoot-from-the-hip strategies and tactics to address a crisis are ignoring or disregarding fundamental crisis management best practices that favor a calm, deliberate, and thoughtful approach.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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While Paladino’s nonsense was rightfully ignored, a letter from a member of the House majority to the AG may not be ignored, especially this AG, especially under this president.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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“Overrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrule. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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