override
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Boeing and companies like Honeywell studied technology that could override pilot commands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
If, as the account owner, you had a will leaving assets to a third party, it would not override a valid beneficiary designation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
But even a trust can’t override a beneficiary designation on a retirement account without triggering significant tax consequences.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
But there is growing concern that AI companies are increasingly developing models that can easily override the safeguarding systems of banks and financial centres.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But while Beetee thinks he might be able to override certain computer systems, and there’s some discussion of putting the handful of internal spies to use, no one has any really innovative thoughts.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Friday's ruling by the Constitutional Council overrides the ban, which Emmanuel Macron had pledged would be introduced in stages from September.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But according to the research of professor Richard Hasen, the rate of congressional overrides has steadily decreased over the years as Congress becomes slower and less productive with each passing term.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
He pointed to a recent landmark bill, State Senate Bill 79, which overrides local zoning laws to allow for taller, denser buildings near major transit stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Yet the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission insists that it has jurisdiction over prediction markets, which overrides state laws that prohibit or regulate gambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
I know I shouldn’t snoop, but curiosity quickly overrides my conscience as it often does—snoop-control issues—and I’m bending down and randomly perusing some of the papers on the floor: mostly old letters.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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That emotion overrode thinking about the message she was sending in its entirety to the recipient of that money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
On the same night it approved the contracts, the board overrode its own chief financial officer to pull $175 million from a fund set aside for retiree health benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
One study found that Congress used to overturn several opinions practically every term, including a particularly effective 1991 Congress that overrode eight Supreme Court decisions.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Last year, researchers at the UK's AI Security Institute found jailbreaks that overrode safeguards across a range of harmful requests in every AI system it tested.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
He wanted to complete what he had begun, but he overrode the brutal imperative of the hunter in him.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Boeing in 2006 patented an “uninterruptible autopilot” that, once activated, couldn’t be overridden in the cockpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Cutler said this has a lower likelihood of being overridden by courts, noting Trump's top trade official Jamieson Greer had carefully navigated procedural requirements before imposing duties.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software, said on X that the driver had manually overridden the system by “by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Career officials objected to letting Musk have private income data of millions, but they were overridden.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
“So your position is that chromosomal status has been completely overridden by rearing?”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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"They have implemented AI... which is not tested," Ahamed said, arguing that the technology risks overriding the judgement of local officials familiar with voters and communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
But as soon as the cast is set in motion, the overriding impression is that of a manifesto springing into a college vaudeville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But overriding all of this was the shame and regret he felt about his marriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
This octet of components allows Paulsen to judge whether the overriding financial conditions are contractionary or accommodative.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
And indeed the overriding emotion of American Tune’ is an understated patriotism that is characterised not by cynicism but rather by gratitude.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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