overrule

The amendment was originally ratified in the wake of the Civil War specifically to overrule the infamy of the Dred Scott decision.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

But in doing so, the court swore up and down that its Louisiana decision did not overrule Allen v.

From Slate ● May 26, 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

Only once a year did the need to dispose of a mountain of wrapping paper and cardboard packaging overrule Desdemona’s objections to using our fireplace.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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 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

The unbranded message of love overrules the original consumerist intention.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

Not in her inanimate beauty do we find fatal objections to the doctrine of a wise and bountiful power which overrules her, but rather in the multiplied horrors, woes, and pangs of sentient life.

From Arrows of Freethought by G. W. (George William) Foote

A czar who can be overruled overnight on the central tactics of his own operation is not a czar.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

His body will not be overruled by a blackout blind.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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

The lower courts would assume they still had to follow that precedent until it was overruled, rather than guess what a cryptic shadow docket order meant.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026

I didn’t want to eat anything served by ghosts, but my hunger overruled my fear.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

He has since taken his argument to world football governing body Fifa, who ruled earlier this week that overruling the contract was not within its jurisdiction.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

It declared that if a Supreme Court precedent “has direct application in a case,” the lower court must “follow the case which directly controls, leaving to this court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.”

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 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

“I am overruling these guards on this matter! You are obviously a part of this—of this conspiracy plot. I'm taking you in for questioning immediately!”

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse