override

Example Sentences

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He has heard from dozens of constituents opposing the data center and opposes federal mandates that would override local control.

From The Wall Street Journal

He has suggested using the rarely-deployed Parliament Act to override peers' objections, a move that would be tricky as well as controversial.

From BBC

The former justice secretary is threatening an unprecedented use of the Parliament Act to override peers' objections if it is not passed before the King's Speech in May.

From BBC

First, it agreed with the statute’s proponents that the act was best read as intended to override the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure’s prohibition on release of grand-jury material.

From The Wall Street Journal

And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal