overrule
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Indeed, the majority’s opinion effectively tells Congress how to overrule today’s decision.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The need to directly overrule the unit, they said, made it a roadblock — one that no longer exists.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
In rare cases they can overrule the results of an assessment if they still have concerns about a player's performance in it or there was an error in administering it.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
With her new coalition partners, Ms. Takaichi will have a two-thirds majority that will be able to overrule opposition in the weaker upper house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The man slowly moved away, peeking backward a couple times, hoping one of us would overrule Ozzie’s rejection.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Slaughter, the majority opinion said the “Humphrey’s framework has not withstood the test of time” and the court therefore overrules it.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The ruling overrules a previous Supreme Court judgment ruling known as Cheshire West.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The agency overrules Vinay Prasad’s refusal to consider Moderna’s shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Shirani's results indicate that the fact that the active catalytic subunit overrules its inhibitory components is what's important, not a structural change in the kinase itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
"International Law overrules Municipal Law" must be said to be the maxim of this school of thought.
From The Panama Canal Conflict between Great Britain and the United States of America A Study by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
A UC faculty task force recommended keeping the SAT in 2020, but the regents overruled it and voted to develop a UC-specific test that a committee later determined would take too long to create.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Regents overruled a faculty task force, which had found the tests to be predictive of college success across demographics and recommended keeping them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Dr. Prasad had overruled career staff by summarily refusing to review Moderna’s application.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Barry was offside and the assistant raised his flag to disallow the goal initially, but he was quickly overruled by Oliver.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
But my mother overruled him, so the wall was enshrined.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The citizenship clause would not accomplish its most basic function of overruling Dred Scott.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
In reality, the chair’s power lies in agenda-setting, coalition-building, and communication, not in overruling the committee.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
He takes a swipe at his predecessor, Peter Marks, for overruling career staff to approve Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a debilitating childhood disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Thune told Politico that overruling “would not be a good option” in completing the bill.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
“There must have been an overruling in Moscow,” Bundy said.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
