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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 overruling
Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
But even those who voted in favor of overruling the commission’s determination and allowing for demolition acknowledged the community’s concerns.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
In that role, Ruszkowski will oversee turnaround efforts in Fort Worth ISD, including directing or possibly overruling actions of the superintendent and other district leaders.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Bell could ultimately play a decisive role in the trial’s outcome—even overruling the jury if warranted by law.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Lawmakers also passed the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act, overruling the Metropolitan Police Department’s rule of curtailing high-speed chases and permitting law enforcement to pursue suspects without as much restraint.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
And the company also claims that by ignoring or overruling comments submitted during the rule-making procedure, these regulations are also procedurally invalid.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Today’s Court has toyed with overruling Smith, but as Justice Barrett has noted, the difficulty is determining what to replace it with.
—David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Aug. 2025
This decision came around the same time as a Mississippi age-verification law was allowed to go into effect by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, overruling a previous block of the law for nearly identical First Amendment concerns.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
In recent years, the court’s conservative majority overruling of major, longstanding precedents has become a defining feature of Roberts’ tenure.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
Vinay Prasad is tightening the screws at the FDA, overruling staff and signaling a tougher stance on vaccines and gene therapies — which, as Adam Feuerstein points out, is consistent with his historic skepticism of surrogate endpoints and trial design.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
But even those who voted in favor of overruling the commission’s determination and allowing for demolition acknowledged the community’s concerns.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
In that role, Ruszkowski will oversee turnaround efforts in Fort Worth ISD, including directing or possibly overruling actions of the superintendent and other district leaders.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Bell could ultimately play a decisive role in the trial’s outcome—even overruling the jury if warranted by law.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Lawmakers also passed the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act, overruling the Metropolitan Police Department’s rule of curtailing high-speed chases and permitting law enforcement to pursue suspects without as much restraint.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
And the company also claims that by ignoring or overruling comments submitted during the rule-making procedure, these regulations are also procedurally invalid.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Today’s Court has toyed with overruling Smith, but as Justice Barrett has noted, the difficulty is determining what to replace it with.
—David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Aug. 2025
This decision came around the same time as a Mississippi age-verification law was allowed to go into effect by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, overruling a previous block of the law for nearly identical First Amendment concerns.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overruling
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Majeed also faces backlash for siding with Republicans on a veto override.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2026
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If Kelly vetoed the legislation, a veto override would take the support of two-thirds of lawmakers in each chamber — a threshold the Senate fell well short of on Wednesday.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Taiwan’s defense ministry expressed its thanks for the authorization, rejecting opposition claims the plans were opaque.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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The young butterfly teaches his mother important lessons in accepting others and not rejecting them based on their color.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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Cleveland's most lasting mark came from his use of the veto pen.—
Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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However, the coalition would need at least 34 votes to override a potential mayoral veto of their ordinance, which seeks to halt the policy that servers be paid the city’s full minimum wage on top of tips starting in July 2028.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Despite the extraordinary decision, Mejia remained in custody while the case returned to Travis County — where was convicted and sentenced to life in prison — for the final legal step of dismissing the charges.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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In February, Judge Arun Subramanian handed down a summary judgment dismissing that claim.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Supreme Court’s invalidation of most Trump tariffs and the bellicosity of his response, which included the immediate imposition of new 10% tariffs across the board and the threat to increase them to 15%, have done nothing to settle investors’ nerves.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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As the researchers expected, validation was associated with reductions in negative emotional intensity, while invalidation reliably escalated distress.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This founding tenet of the Bel Paese now looks set to change — ending diaspora dreams of returning to the mother country, and meaning that Italians who move abroad risk denying citizenship to their descendants.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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This year there have been rumors about Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal joining forces for Reiner, but the organizers are neither confirming nor denying that reunion.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Since the abrogation of the gold standard, the metallists are forced to accept the chartalist position.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tommy Thompson, a deep-sea explorer who spent more than a decade in federal custody for refusing to disclose the location of a cache of gold coins from a historic shipwreck, was released from prison.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Tommy Thompson, a research scientist who was imprisoned for a decade after refusing to disclose where an 1800s shipwreck's gold coins were being stored, was released, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Overruling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overruling. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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