overstay
verb
over·stay
ˌō-vər-ˈstā 
overstayed; overstaying; overstays
: to stay beyond the time or the limits of
Examples of overstay in a Sentence
She was guilty of overstaying a student visa.
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The spokesperson added that Issa Baouna had been arrested and charged with assault on a woman in Greensboro, North Carolina, and had overstayed a tourist visa in 2002.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Comprehensive data gathering for entry and exit of noncitizens will help address national security concerns, fraudulent use of travel documentation, and visa overstays, DHS said.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The visuals, sourced from nature documentary footage, loop for about five minutes per wash cycle, giving users enough time to unwind without overstaying their soak.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Typically, when the government goes after someone for overstaying a visa, they are rarely arrested, let alone held in prolonged detention, said Adam Cox, a professor of immigration law at New York University.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Comprehensive data gathering for entry and exit of noncitizens will help address national security concerns, fraudulent use of travel documentation, and visa overstays, DHS said.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The visuals, sourced from nature documentary footage, loop for about five minutes per wash cycle, giving users enough time to unwind without overstaying their soak.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Typically, when the government goes after someone for overstaying a visa, they are rarely arrested, let alone held in prolonged detention, said Adam Cox, a professor of immigration law at New York University.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstay. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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overstay
verb
over·stay
-ˈstā
: to stay beyond the time or the limits of
overstayed their welcome
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