Examples of overtake in a Sentence
She overtook the other runners and went on to win the race.
The sign says “No Overtaking.”
Seasickness can overtake passengers when the ship encounters a storm.
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This goal took him clear of Just Fontaine and onto 14 World Cup goals, scored across 1970 and 1974, the most until he was overtaken by Ronaldo of Brazil (15) in 2006 and fellow German Miroslav Klose (16) in 2014.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The 33-year-old only overtook Yogi Berra for home runs on Tuesday, disrupting a top five of Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Berra which had stood since 1966.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
But on Wednesday, the 81-year-old chairman of Oracle briefly became the richest person in the world with a net worth of almost $400 billion, overtaking Elon Musk.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Online Advertising Digital advertising has gradually overtaken offline advertising as companies with vast troves of consumer data say that online ads can target those interested in making purchases.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The 33-year-old only overtook Yogi Berra for home runs on Tuesday, disrupting a top five of Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Berra which had stood since 1966.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
But on Wednesday, the 81-year-old chairman of Oracle briefly became the richest person in the world with a net worth of almost $400 billion, overtaking Elon Musk.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Online Advertising Digital advertising has gradually overtaken offline advertising as companies with vast troves of consumer data say that online ads can target those interested in making purchases.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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overtake
verb
over·take
ˌō-vər-ˈtāk 
1
a
: to catch up with
b
: to catch up with and pass by
2
: to come upon suddenly
a blizzard overtook the hunting party
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