[ UK /ˌə‍ʊvəɹˈa‍ɪdɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌɹaɪdɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having superior power and influence
    the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
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How To Use overriding In A Sentence

  • The overriding principle is not to offend the sensitive by immoderate cachinnation at an inappropriate joke. Times, Sunday Times
  • If Amy weren't under guard, she'd be working on overriding the overrides and getting control back.
  • One overriding principle governs farmers' markets everywhere: the producer sells direct to the consumer.
  • A satisfactory and lasting result in the water context cannot be achieved and should not be attempted by wholly divorcing consideration of the overriding conflict.
  • That is the overriding priority and that is what he is good at. The Sun
  • Complementing this negative case against the claims of traditional political-military history to be of overriding importance, Herder also has positive reasons for focusing instead on the “innerness” of human life in history. Johann Gottfried von Herder
  • If counterintelligence becomes the overriding mission, the obvious answer is the solution first offered by Sen.
  • On 8 April 1962, when ninety percent of metropolitan voters approved the Evian Accords, that overriding objective was finally achieved.
  • Finally there are federal judges, who have a general and overriding authority over the other levels of jurisdiction.
  • Alphabetize. Alphabetize. This doesn't help navigate your attributes, but it does help prevent you from duplicating an attribute and accidentally overriding a previous setting.
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