override
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If you have legal custody, parent information will be required, though you can contact the colleges to ask for a dependency override.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
"The fundamental right to walk on demarcated footpaths shall override the privilege of a motorised vehicle," he declared.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
China has drawn up new safety rules for the growing number of autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a mandatory deactivation override, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
A home’s location can often override the steps residents take to protect their properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Awesome PowerPoint! System override successful. Thank you. Have a productive day. ”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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"Amazon overrides and replaces the actual auction results with higher prices set by Amazon to increase its profits," says a complaint filed in the company's home state of Washington.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
Employees are no longer trained to perform overrides they are not expected to use.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
“The first is what I call positive sentiment override, where positive emotion overrides irritability. It’s like a buffer. Their spouse will do something bad, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, he’s just in a crummy mood.’
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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UnitedHealthcare overrode the prior authorization about 48 hours later, according to Noonan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
On the same night it approved the contracts, the board overrode its own chief financial officer to pull $175 million from a fund set aside for retiree health benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
But he overrode her objections, saying, “You have no idea how important it is that you should tell some of these stories to the people here in Boston.”
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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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
Board chairs historically have rarely overridden the executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
"It says he was vetted, and it says he was appointed, but it doesn't say it was overridden… I'm saying is that, you know, people have basically been telling us half the story," she added.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Hermione had overridden Ron’s objections by pointing out that it was the last place anyone in their right minds would go, so they were guaranteed some privacy.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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As a political reporter, I came away from Comic Con with one overriding impression: If world politics were more like the comic book world, reality would be a safer, saner and healthier place.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, America embraced equality among races and between the sexes as overriding policy goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There is one overriding question many people are now asking.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
"The overriding priority is to rescue as many people as possible while urgently providing life-saving health care to the injured," said Ciro Ugarte, emergencies director for PAHO, the UN health agency's Americas regional branch.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Their overriding con cern was assuring a comfortable after-life for their rulers, who were considered gods.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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