over·seas
ˈō-vər-ˌsēz 
1
: of or relating to movement, transport, or communication over the sea
an overseas liner
2
: situated, originating in, or relating to lands beyond the sea
overseas installations
overseas immigrants
Examples of overseas in a Sentence
Adverb
The troops were sent overseas.
Recent Examples on the Web
Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
How basketball stars rallied for Brittney Griner during her detention in Russia
Since her release, Griner has become an outspoken advocate for other Americans wrongfully detained overseas, including Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich who are imprisoned in Russia.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
When a follower living overseas offered to send a few units unearthed at a discount sale in the UK, Chody took her up on it, wiring the stranger money for the product and the shipping.
—Beth Sobol, Allure, 23 Apr. 2024
Certain events — a good teacher, a trip overseas, a long relationship with a musical instrument, perhaps a charismatic aunt — may have changed her outlook on things.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Russia’s lost empire was contiguous, not overseas, and lasted far longer—indeed, for most of the existence of the modern Russian state.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Dailey comes from a basketball family that includes father Eric Sr., who played professionally for a decade overseas, and mother Shell, who played in the WNBA and coached at both the college and pro levels.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
The surveillance must instead focus on foreigners who are physically located overseas.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
A week after graduating high school in 1942, Ms. McCormack got an engineering job at an Ohio defense plant manufacturing machine guns and shipping them overseas to Allied forces.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The National Science Foundation—one of the federal government’s biggest outfits for funding research—is for the first time sponsoring a series of workshops abroad to help U.S. startups work with their overseas counterparts.
—Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Sutcliffe, who was also living with Lennon, joined the group for its overseas debut in Hamburg, where the group played more than 100 shows.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Voting begins 45 days prior to Election Day when military and overseas voters start receiving ballots.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The unit also provided CNN with a library of programs that the company could repeat on TV and sell to streaming services and overseas broadcasters.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Absentee voting would be allowed for disabled people, those age 65 and up, voters living outside the state and are enrolled in an out-of-state college, overseas voters and active military members and their family members.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
Pharmaceuticals, Banks Wang held a roundtable with executives from overseas drugmakers including Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. from the US, GSK Plc from the UK and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. from Japan on Saturday.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 23 Mar. 2024
The global financial system led to enormous deleveraging and retrenchment of banks from overseas markets.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Adverb
Tesla is facing increasing competition overseas and in the U.S. as automakers race to introduce new, and more affordable, EV models.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
How basketball stars rallied for Brittney Griner during her detention in Russia
Since her release, Griner has become an outspoken advocate for other Americans wrongfully detained overseas, including Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich who are imprisoned in Russia.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
When a follower living overseas offered to send a few units unearthed at a discount sale in the UK, Chody took her up on it, wiring the stranger money for the product and the shipping.
—Beth Sobol, Allure, 23 Apr. 2024
Certain events — a good teacher, a trip overseas, a long relationship with a musical instrument, perhaps a charismatic aunt — may have changed her outlook on things.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Russia’s lost empire was contiguous, not overseas, and lasted far longer—indeed, for most of the existence of the modern Russian state.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Dailey comes from a basketball family that includes father Eric Sr., who played professionally for a decade overseas, and mother Shell, who played in the WNBA and coached at both the college and pro levels.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
The surveillance must instead focus on foreigners who are physically located overseas.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
A week after graduating high school in 1942, Ms. McCormack got an engineering job at an Ohio defense plant manufacturing machine guns and shipping them overseas to Allied forces.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The service is the brainchild of Chi Zhang, 34, the founder of Happy Cashier, a virtual-assistant company that was thrust into the spotlight last week, when a social media post about the overseas workers went viral.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The National Science Foundation—one of the federal government’s biggest outfits for funding research—is for the first time sponsoring a series of workshops abroad to help U.S. startups work with their overseas counterparts.
—Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Sutcliffe, who was also living with Lennon, joined the group for its overseas debut in Hamburg, where the group played more than 100 shows.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Voting begins 45 days prior to Election Day when military and overseas voters start receiving ballots.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The unit also provided CNN with a library of programs that the company could repeat on TV and sell to streaming services and overseas broadcasters.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Absentee voting would be allowed for disabled people, those age 65 and up, voters living outside the state and are enrolled in an out-of-state college, overseas voters and active military members and their family members.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
Pharmaceuticals, Banks Wang held a roundtable with executives from overseas drugmakers including Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. from the US, GSK Plc from the UK and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. from Japan on Saturday.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 23 Mar. 2024
The global financial system led to enormous deleveraging and retrenchment of banks from overseas markets.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overseas. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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