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Meanings of overriding in English

Having superior power and influence.

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        Examples for "paramount"
        Examples for "paramount"
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        Prevention is therefore paramount and a logical focus for future research attention.
        Pubmed
        2
        We shall see the law paramount, before we talk of its reform.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Greg Clark, the business secretary, said: The safety of consumers is paramount.
        The Guardian
        4
        Of course, the safety of all concerned must be of paramount consideration.
        Jamaica Observer
        5
        Early identification and treatment of sleep disorders is therefore of paramount importance.
        Pubmed
        1
        LANGUAGE: Spanish and French are the official languages, though Spanish is predominant.
        Reuters
        2
        According to the experts the predominant contributing factors are technology and quality.
        The South African
        3
        In the early days of the internet, search was the predominant use.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The idea of a predominant Power in Europe was part of absolutism.
        Lectures on Modern history
        5
        Consequently, the predominant strain in the case study was not host restricted.
        Pubmed
        1
        However, he restricts his concern to primary schools, where female teachers predominate.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Both across the world and in the Middle East, socioeconomic concerns predominate.
        The Guardian
        3
        In any such view, the wild, the aboriginal, the geographical greatly predominate.
        In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
        4
        One or more of the food-stuffs sometimes predominate in a single food.
        Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
        5
        With the Irish, feeling and passion predominate; reason must bow before them.
        The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 / with a P...
        1
        Hence a fresh weight has only been thrown into the preponderating scale.
        A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
        2
        It has several thousand inhabitants, the foreign element preponderating, we should judge.
        Minnesota; Its Character and Climate / Likewise Sketches of Othe...
        3
        She was coloured, but of mixed race, the European element evidently preponderating.
        Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories
        4
        Why therefore should I-oranyone-offerto discriminate?-since evil is always the preponderating factor.
        The Secret Power
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        For others, again, it is the capillary phenomena which here act a preponderating part.
        The New Physics and Its Evolution
        1
        When he ascended the throne Germany's position on the continent was preponderant.
        Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
        2
        Among the most important factors of history one was preponderant-thefactor of beliefs.
        The Psychology of Revolution
        3
        The southern stock, including settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee, was the preponderant class.
        Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
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        Turkey must become a really Mohammedan country, and Moslem influence must be preponderant.
        Crescent and Iron Cross
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        S: Then as for him whose good deeds are preponderant, these are the successful.
        Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
        Usage of overriding in English
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        But the principle of independence would be the overriding issue, scholars said.
        Reuters
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        Security has been an overriding concern for the government and Games' organisers.
        Reuters
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        Security has been an overriding concern for the government and Games' organizers.
        Reuters
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        That is largely true, with fears about terrorism overriding concerns about privacy.
        The Guardian
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        The insanity defense is based on one overriding concept in jurisprudence: responsibility.
        Stories: all-new tales
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        This carbon-chain structure has one overriding consequence: lipids can't dissolve in water.
        On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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        What was the overriding sentiment from the public in the days following?
        News.com.au
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        The rest of the game is consumed with one overriding concern: escape.
        Wired
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        Luce began to wonder whether Francesca was responsible for the overriding tranquility.
        Torment
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        The overriding narrative around the crisis can go one of two ways.
        The Guardian
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        But there is one overriding issue no one seems to have considered.
        The Guardian
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        The overriding concern of his workers was not to run him out.
        The Guardian
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        Her overriding interest was in operatic memorabilia, in the sense of clothes.
        The new yorker
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        Mr Gray did not want the overriding powers to be too draconian.
        Radio NZ
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        The overriding fact that hit her was that the pain was gone.
        Midnight at the well of souls
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        We don't willy-nilly make person-specific queries unless there's an overriding security reason.
        Secret of the seventh son
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        United States of America
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