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
Many legal experts believe the battle is ultimately destined for the high court, which would have authority to overrule its own precedent.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Image The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has said Mr. Zelensky abused martial law powers to overrule the city council.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Legal challenges of state Last year alone, Douglas County sued the state Board of Equalization over the board’s decision to overrule the county’s attempt to provide $4 billion in property tax relief to its residents, while months later filing suit against the state over two immigration laws.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
President Trump has long called for reducing libel protections for the press, and conservative Justice Clarence Thomas has said multiple times the precedent should be overruled.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Image The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has said Mr. Zelensky abused martial law powers to overrule the city council.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Legal challenges of state Last year alone, Douglas County sued the state Board of Equalization over the board’s decision to overrule the county’s attempt to provide $4 billion in property tax relief to its residents, while months later filing suit against the state over two immigration laws.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
President Trump has long called for reducing libel protections for the press, and conservative Justice Clarence Thomas has said multiple times the precedent should be overruled.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrule
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Ukraine talks downgraded: Rubio cancels London trip The U.S. plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly rejected, also appears to block Ukraine's ambition to join the NATO military alliance.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by Mendoza's attorneys to stop the execution.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The charge was dismissed after Baldwin's attorneys alleged prosecutors had withheld evidence.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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With punching bags Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle in the frontcourt, the Wolves were dismissed as legitimate opponents for the mighty purple and gold.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The state also was denied an emergency order to block Musk’s exercise of sweeping power over the federal budget.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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In January, Iverson was denied qualified immunity by a federal judge for the shooting.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Three people were arrested and accused of assaulting a taxi cab driver in Norwalk on Thursday after allegedly refusing to pay their cab fare, including one suspect whose alleged combative behavior injured a police officer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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The suit alleges that ICE agents repeatedly refused to give VML's father her location and denied him the opportunity to speak for more than a minute to VML's mother.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
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Rather than a gradual strengthening of local capacity as a way of reimagining how the global development industry operates, the Trump administration’s proposals simply withdraw federal support.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But with so much uncertainty over both macroeconomic conditions and trade policies, many companies have been giving downbeat second-quarter forecasts and have been withdrawing or balking at revising their full-year projections.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Murrow perspective allows Clooney and Heslov to ignore the actual Communist contamination of both the media and the government.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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Soviet citizens in the 1980s could no longer ignore the glaring differences between the utopian promises of communism and the reality of an autocratic and incompetent regime.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Overrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrule. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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