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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as in to veto
to make (something) no longer valid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
Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
That veto override vote will get thousands of children off the waiting list for an opportunity scholarship and into the school of their choice.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
While some have voiced different opinions from him in the past, Kennedy could have broad authority to override them as secretary.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Noun
However, opponents of the plan persuaded a local judge last spring to agree to remove the override language, creating a dilemma for county officials.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
That veto override vote will get thousands of children off the waiting list for an opportunity scholarship and into the school of their choice.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
The vulnerability allowed a Russian cybercrime group to override a Windows protection designed to limit the execution of files downloaded from the Internet.
—Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
While some have voiced different opinions from him in the past, Kennedy could have broad authority to override them as secretary.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for override
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However, is that the same as agreeing that Russia has veto rights over any Ukrainian membership of NATO?—
The Editors,
National Review,
14 Feb. 2025
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The president should use his position to lead the conversation on debt reduction, propose spending restraint and veto irresponsible budgets.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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The burger giant saw customer visits weaken following an E.coli outbreak that started on October 22 and forced McDonald's to temporarily suspend sales of its Quarter Pounder hamburgers in a fifth of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants.—
Savyata Mishra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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But the Trump administration suspended that provision temporarily, throwing the US Postal Service into chaos as it was forced to halt all package deliveries from China and Hong Kong to comply with the order.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The most amazing aspect of Newton’s play is her willingness to get run over.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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He’s worked behind-the-scenes with both sides numerous times in the past for similar situations, with recent events like the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament run over the streaming platform Parsec in 2020 and the Twitch Rivals Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tournament in October 2024.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2025
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Musk withdrew the suit in June 2024, then revived it in August 2024 under similar complaints.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Budget officials withdrew that OMB memo two days later.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
10 Feb. 2025
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Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Servers glide around with champagne on silver trays, hors d’oeuvres are stamped with the omnipresent B and dancers in golden bodysuits undulate with glowing orange orbs in homage to bitcoin’s signature hue.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of artists have called on Christie’s to cancel an upcoming auction of art made by artificial intelligence.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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As part of a broader immigration crackdown, his administration quickly canceled all appointments people had made through a U.S. government app.—
Julie Watson,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Should Humphrey’s Executor be overruled, however, that would mean that the unitary executive applies to Fed board members, and Trump (or any future president) would effectively gain the power to demand that interest rates be lowered.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the meantime, plaintiffs’ attorneys are urging their clients to stick with cases and get filings in before the year-end deadline in hopes that the opinion will be overruled.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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These carnivorous crustaceans pack a powerful punch that can smash mollusk shells at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour and even break glass.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Feb. 2025
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France’s Ad Vitam has entered Netflix’s all-time top ten for most popular non-English movies on its platform one week after Culpa Tuya smashed records for Amazon.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Override.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/override. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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