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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.

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Examples

  • But exercise countermands some of the numbing effects of BMP, Dr. Kessler says.

    tingilinde: 2010

  • How many commands/countermands can a real person take?

    “Response Times” Are Back SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • But exercise countermands some of the numbing effects of BMP, Dr. Kessler says.

    noggin 2010

  • From this scene on, the story traces Jokla's desire for such an oracular judgement on her own part, the way that desire shades into an attempt to convince herself that it does apply, a hope that countermands suicidal fantasies:

    Archive 2008-02-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • From this scene on, the story traces Jokla's desire for such an oracular judgement on her own part, the way that desire shades into an attempt to convince herself that it does apply, a hope that countermands suicidal fantasies:

    Patrica Russo's "The Oracle Opens One Eye" Hal Duncan 2008

  • Wagner aimed for the latter: his markings are designed to take into account what he suspects the individual musicians are going to do naturally, and he either countermands it or tacitly allows it to happen.

    Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow? Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Some bioethicists have argued that a “right to privacy” countermands government placing bans on sex selection.

    Privacy and Medicine Allen, Anita 2009

  • Alas, her choice to be pregnant countermands her choice to be a solder.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Pro-Choice in the Military 2009

  • Wagner aimed for the latter: his markings are designed to take into account what he suspects the individual musicians are going to do naturally, and he either countermands it or tacitly allows it to happen.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Schwarz was unsure, but Bruce Fein suggested that Congress simply cut the purse strings for any law a president countermands the intent of with his signing statement.

    Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings 2008

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