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override

verb as in supersede

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"It's like the brain has this built-in override switch," Goldstein explains.

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Investors can carve out major issues, such as director contests and mergers, override instructions anytime or opt out altogether.

He scrapped an unpopular consumer carbon tax, paused a 2035 electric-vehicle mandate and enacted a law giving his cabinet authority to override environmental rules for infrastructure projects like oil pipelines.

Others argue that only an elected parliament can endorse overriding the existing constitution.

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The new district lines would override those created by the state’s nonpartisan, independent redistricting commission.

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