overriding
taking precedence over all other considerations.
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How to use overriding in a sentence
The first and overriding goal for national political parties is to win elections.
Why The Republican Party Isn’t Concerned With Popularity | Daniel Cox | January 4, 2022 | FiveThirtyEight“I can’t give you a generic answer as we look at these situations case by case but the overriding principle is that we believe everyone should feel included,” said Santos.
‘We’re creating new ways of working’: Unilever on how ESG informs its advertising and media buying | Seb Joseph | July 7, 2021 | DigidayWith regard to the siloing of systems and fragmentation of customer data, the overriding goal is to ensure all your systems are integrated and speak to one another.
Even startups on tight budgets can maximize their marketing impact | Ram Iyer | May 13, 2021 | TechCrunchIf true, that would mean whitelisting rules could undermine the overriding promise of cryptocurrency as privacy- and freedom-preserving digital cash.
The overriding theme of the hundreds of interviews Newman had granted is his discretion.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70 | Peter Richmond | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
What adds a richness to the stories is the way you take relationships themselves as an overriding theme.
Meanwhile, the Peace Corps maintains that it has an overriding obligation to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims.
More than anything, her overriding passion seemed to be posting endless photos of herself.
And these are two overriding drivers of health care costs, according to a 2007 McKinsey and Company study.
They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsBut the mere overriding by a capitalist of the customary allotment of pasture rights is usually only the first step.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry TawneyAt that instant the doubts and divisions provoked by the overriding logic of Sieyès disappeared.
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonA political democracy exhibits an overriding of thought like that seen in any convention or institution.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyThe cowboy's overriding presence in North America's mythology is not difficult to understand.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron Brown
British Dictionary definitions for overriding
/ (ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ) /
taking precedence
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