overrule

"For now, it's not something which we can overrule to say there's a serial killer, but we cannot conclusively indicate as such," Lt Gen Mthombeni said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Indeed, the majority’s opinion effectively tells Congress how to overrule today’s decision.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

The need to directly overrule the unit, they said, made it a roadblock — one that no longer exists.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

Smith said he showed jurors that Moore lied when the ex-chief, who retired in 2024, testified that he hadn’t sought to overrule a disciplinary panel’s decision in Mehringer’s case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Only once a year did the need to dispose of a mountain of wrapping paper and cardboard packaging overrule Desdemona’s objections to using our fireplace.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Government overrules popular perceptions as its needs require.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Slaughter, the majority opinion said the “Humphrey’s framework has not withstood the test of time” and the court therefore overrules it.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Shirani's results indicate that the fact that the active catalytic subunit overrules its inhibitory components is what's important, not a structural change in the kinase itself.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

The unbranded message of love overrules the original consumerist intention.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

It overrules personal judgment and character, and puts the whole group at the mercy of the clique which is ruling at the moment.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

Courts overruled parents' wishes in just under half of those cases.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

A czar who can be overruled overnight on the central tactics of his own operation is not a czar.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Regents overruled a faculty task force, which had found the tests to be predictive of college success across demographics and recommended keeping them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The lower courts would assume they still had to follow that precedent until it was overruled, rather than guess what a cryptic shadow docket order meant.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026

But my mother overruled him, so the wall was enshrined.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

After oral arguments in the spring, the three judges issued a complex decision affirming Carter’s finding of discrimination but overruling his order invalidating UCLA’s lease for its baseball stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Nick, from Warrington: All this talk of overruling VAR's recommendation for Cunha's goal, but it's actually refreshing to see a referee take ownership of a decision and stand by it.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA vaccine and biologics division, issued the refusal, overruling FDA staff concerns about blocking a review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Josh Lipsky of the Atlantic Council noted that even as justices were skeptical, they appeared concerned about fallout from overruling the tariffs.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

“There must have been an overruling in Moscow,” Bundy said.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin