have overruled
- present perfect of overrule.
Example Sentences
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While the Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Quran demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed on freedom of speech.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Koran demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed freedom of speech.
From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2023
In at least a half-dozen cases around the country, local judges have overruled hospitals or doctors who refused to administer the drug to patients with advanced COVID-19 disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
He appears to have overruled his generals who sought a more expansive mission for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, one that would have continued to embrace a broader counterinsurgency and economic development effort.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2017
The local governors were opposed to the establishment of an assembly of delegates, which would have overruled their individual policy.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John
