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
Friedlander’s choice of Phillip Jeffries’s Daybreak mural wall covering in green ultimately overruled Mills’s preference for blue.
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Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
This ruling overrules a previous decision by U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, who had found that Trump's executive action could not override the law passed by Congress that established the program.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The Court’s very first major decision after Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment gave Republicans a supermajority on the Court effectively overruled a decision governing worship services during the Covid-19 pandemic that was only a few months old.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
In 2002, Congress overruled objections to the plant brought by the state of Nevada.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
This ruling overrules a previous decision by U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, who had found that Trump's executive action could not override the law passed by Congress that established the program.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The Court’s very first major decision after Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment gave Republicans a supermajority on the Court effectively overruled a decision governing worship services during the Covid-19 pandemic that was only a few months old.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 24 Mar. 2025
In 2002, Congress overruled objections to the plant brought by the state of Nevada.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrule
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There are plenty of glaring examples, such as Steve Jobs and Google being rejected by some of the world’s most renowned VCs (https://www.bvp.com/anti-portfolio).—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Superior Court Judge Craig Collins from neighboring Gaston county also rejected it after Tench’s friends and family — his mother, sister and aunts — submitted and read aloud letters underlining the effect Tench’s disappearance and apparent death have had.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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For example, Linux was once dismissed as a fringe project.—
Robert Clark,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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At the end of the trial, the judge dismissed the anti-stalking petitions, holding that Herzfeld’s activities were all constitutionally protected under the First Amendment and that there had been no act of stalking.—
Steven Lieberman,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
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An attempt to reduce his bond amount in February was denied.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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The brothers have denied the additional charges as well.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Instead, block unwanted calls and messages and refuse to provide financial information in response to an unexpected request.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Noboa refused to recognize Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela after his staged 2024 election and is also committed to fighting criminal gangs with all available resources to restore peace and security in Ecuador.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Outreach workers who live among farmworkers are withdrawing a little, too.—
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The latter took effect on Wednesday, as did the 104 percent tariffs on Chinese imports, which were raised to this level after Beijing missed the deadline to withdraw its 34 percent retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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And the underlying data from 2024 isn’t something to ignore.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The topic, at least this week, might be harder to ignore than to achieve.—
Bob Spear,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Overrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrule. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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