override
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For years, technology stocks have been riding a wave of AI-inspired momentum powerful enough to override macroeconomic concerns, entirely due to those companies’ strong earnings growth and favorable profit outlooks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 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
That means it’s driving but I can override it at any time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Dojjiou know how to override the system manually?”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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But an institution that overrides a noisy signal has taken on an obligation to produce better ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
The Student Group Claim argues this basic principle of consumer law overrides any clauses in university contracts which seek to absolve the institution from responsibility for disruption.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
My feet don’t move, but Ethan’s nudge at my elbow overrides a flurry of thoughts to flee.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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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
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
Concerns about a more abrupt job-market swoon overrode jitters about sticky inflation last month, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated this week that that balance of concerns hasn’t changed during the recent data blackout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Johnny’s father had one passion that overrode all his other interests and kept him going through those hard years—rowing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
In the past, board chairs have rarely, if ever, overridden the executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
Certain obligations of the European Convention on Human Rights can be overridden "in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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The overriding mood was one of relief between two veterans, who were seemingly happy to let the fight settle what years of talk could not.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
This octet of components allows Paulsen to judge whether the overriding financial conditions are contractionary or accommodative.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
But there must be valid federal law that actually does the overriding.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
The law aims to prevent civil litigation overriding its climate policy and undermining business confidence, the government said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“My first goal—my overriding goal—was to become an educated person,” he said.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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