overrule
verb (used with object)
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person).
will overrule
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future tenseof overrule.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A major wild card is whether the Supreme Court will overrule some portion of the tariffs, and how the administration might respond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
“We are certain that joint Arab interests will overrule what happened in the last few days and there will be no spilling of oil over the fire,” Bouhabib said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Breyer wrote that decision “can only cause one to wonder which cases the Court will overrule next.”
From Fox News ● Jun. 21, 2019
One must wonder, he wrote, “which cases the court will overrule next.”
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
You shall not follow him now, I pray you, brother, good faith you shall not; I will overrule you.
From Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson
