override
verb (used with object)
to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule.
are overriding
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present progressiveof override.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The poll also suggests concerns about costs are overriding positive news on unemployment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
That's not the same as saying the considerations are overriding or definitive in all cases, and he admitted in the subsequent paragraph that other states may legitimately make different decisions:
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2020
A distracting physical sensation can temporarily close them; when you bump your head and instinctively rub that spot, you are overriding the nerves that register pain with the nerves that register rubbing.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
"That's interesting because there are regulations that indoor tanning beds have timers, so this may mean that timers weren't working or people are overriding the timers so they can stay in longer."
From US News ● Dec. 15, 2014
Even as to "pure" speech, "compelling" government interests are overriding.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2010
