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countermand

verb as in annul, cancel a command

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Having to repeatedly countermand your own incoherent policies is a sign of weakness.

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But several policing experts said that creating that kind of training presented a challenge because countermanding orders from an incident commander went against the very orientation of most police departments.

Prelogar’s petition said both the judge in Texas and the 5th Circuit countermanded the FDA’s scientific judgment and would unleash “regulatory chaos.”

Prelogar’s petition said both the Texas judge and the 5th Circuit countermanded FDA’s scientific judgment and would unleash “regulatory chaos.”

“This application concerns unprecedented lower court orders countermanding FDA’s scientific judgment and unleashing regulatory chaos by suspending the existing FDA-approved conditions of use for mifepristone,” wrote Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar.

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