as in to reject
to decide that (something or someone) is wrong; to rule against (something or someone)
The judge overruled the objection. His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
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Recent Examples of overrule
Friedlander’s choice of Phillip Jeffries’s Daybreak mural wall covering in green ultimately overruled Mills’s preference for blue.
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Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
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
The Court’s very first major decision after Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment gave Republicans a supermajority on the Court effectively overruled a decision governing worship services during the Covid-19 pandemic that was only a few months old.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
In 2002, Congress overruled objections to the plant brought by the state of Nevada.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
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
The Court’s very first major decision after Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment gave Republicans a supermajority on the Court effectively overruled a decision governing worship services during the Covid-19 pandemic that was only a few months old.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
In 2002, Congress overruled objections to the plant brought by the state of Nevada.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrule
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The company must take the job listing down and reject all the candidates that applied.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In May 2023, in an election monitored by USA Hockey, CAHA members rejected Kanai in favor of the association’s new president, Brian Smith, who promptly terminated Schaffer.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The company filed two motions to dismiss the case, one for lack of jurisdiction and the other on grounds that consumer fraud laws do not govern editorial speech.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is investigating government lawyers who prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters — and will do the same for prosecutors who refused to dismiss corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.—
Michael S. Schmidt,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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At her appearance, the Court denied the state’s motion to detain Formella pre-trial and released her with conditions including no entry into Downers Grove South High School and no contact with anyone under the age of eighteen.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The government of Isla Mujeres also denied that the event was taking place there.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The panel of House and Senate members argued over whether to punish the universities for their DEI initiatives — diversity, equity and inclusion — or whether to reward the schools for recent actions, like refusing to compete with a volleyball team with a transgender athlete.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2025
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The retro approach has been years in the making, with Trump refusing to back down in the face of a tumbling stock market and public recriminations from the United States’ top allies.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 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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Waltz is now Trump's national security advisor, but Gaetz withdrew from consideration for attorney general.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Though last Friday’s March jobs release was better than expected, with an increase in 228,000 jobs according to the nonfarm payroll report, it was widely ignored as old news due to the tariff implementation.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pedro Pascal isn't ignoring an obvious parallel between himself and his character in the HBO series The Last of Us.—
Arabella Hau,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Overrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrule. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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