Sentence Examples

  • He has the right of pardon and a veto of legislative acts, which may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the members present of each house of the legislature.
  • But his advice was overridden by the Persian satraps, who forced him to fight at the Granicus.
  • The governor's veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the legislature; the governor, secretary of state, and the attorney-general constitute a Board of Pardons and a Board of State Prison Commissioners.
  • The then Premier, Mr Reid, was rather lukewarm, as he considered that the free-trade policy of New South Wales would be overridden by its protectionist neighbours and its metropolitan position Attitude interfered with.
  • It had been in the back of her mind, but the babies had overridden even that degree of intimacy.
 
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WORDS NEAR overridden IN THE THESAURUS