countermand
Example Sentences
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She lists the many infractions the first mate committed and defies any among them to countermand her husband’s orders.
Having to repeatedly countermand your own incoherent policies is a sign of weakness.
From Salon
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.
From New York Times
Prelogar’s petition said both the Texas judge and the 5th Circuit countermanded FDA’s scientific judgment and would unleash “regulatory chaos.”
From Washington Post
If the state “were able to countermand the F.D.A.’s determinations and substitute its own requirements, it would undermine the F.D.A.’s ability to make drugs available to promote and protect the public health,” the judge wrote.
From New York Times
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