as in veto
the doing away with something by formal action
Citizens are advocating for a congressional override of the president's proposal.
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as in to veto
to make (something) no longer valid
Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school. Upper management reserves the right to override any decisions made by supervisors.
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Recent Examples of override
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
The Senate’s 29-10 vote passing the bill this month cleared the supermajority threshold that would be needed for a veto override.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
The challenge of a national practice is that local or state systems can override national or international building standards.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Facing a potential legislative override, Lamont relented and signed a second bill that awarded the funds this year after first circumventing the cap.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
The Senate’s 29-10 vote passing the bill this month cleared the supermajority threshold that would be needed for a veto override.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
One side or the other would ultimately have to concede—or override the other.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
The challenge of a national practice is that local or state systems can override national or international building standards.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for override
Noun
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Now Columbia has effectively given the federal government veto power over their own school.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Along those lines, the defendants are accused of using a veto power to block measures that would increase prize money.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Biden sharply expanded use of TPS and other temporary forms of protection in a strategy to create and expand legal pathways to live in the United States while suspending asylum for those who enter illegally.—
Janie Har,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sarkozy had already been convicted in 2021 of corruption and influence peddling, with a three-year prison sentence, two years of which were suspended.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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The right-hander looked much better than at just about any point in the spring, but he was still ultimately charged with four runs over 5.2 innings, allowing three walks and seven hits, including two solo home runs to Rangers catcher Jonah Heim.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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The same source also suggested DeLuca and Anderson were fighting over the final cut of the film, which is running over 2.5 hours.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The decision came shortly after USAGM special adviser Kari Lake withdrew an order to terminate the 2025 funding grant for VOA's sister broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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The race attracted serious fundraising from Democrats, and was in the spotlight after President Trump withdrew Rep. Elise Stefanik's name from consideration for U.N. ambassador to avoid risking further depleting his party's already narrow majority.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Ukraine’s notorious bureaucracy, while modernizing, could still hamper foreign investments, as could a system of corruption that some experts caution has defied efforts to stamp it out.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Certain four-digit combinations that make up a year seem to stamp themselves on my mind.—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Streaming series, which represents a larger share of TV viewing, aren't included in the survey because they are renewed or canceled throughout the year.—
Gary Levin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Canada's Department of National Defence told Newsweek that the program is not canceled and remains in early review stages.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Friedlander’s choice of Phillip Jeffries’s Daybreak mural wall covering in green ultimately overruled Mills’s preference for blue.—
Jessica Ritz,
Architectural Digest,
26 Mar. 2025
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This ruling overrules a previous decision by U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, who had found that Trump's executive action could not override the law passed by Congress that established the program.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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The truck's windshield was smashed and debris, including shattered glass, was strewn across the street.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Michael Conforto helped double the lead in the third, smashing an RBI double off the wall two at-bats before Tommy Edman lifted a near-grand slam to the warning track in center for a sacrifice fly.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Override.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/override. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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