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Recent Examples on the Web The bill passed both houses overwhelmingly Monday — the Assembly by a 55-18 vote and the Senate, 26-10 — and was sent to the governor. — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 By the following week, many Republicans were ready to settle the matter, and on Aug. 2, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill on an 86-11 vote. — Amy B Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 The Senate earlier this month overwhelmingly passed a resolution endorsing the move. — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 The measure overwhelmingly passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. — al, 5 Aug. 2022 Despite the impassioned plea from Gardner and other abortions rights supporters in and outside of the chamber, the West Virginia House overwhelmingly passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 23. — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 In 2018, Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 4, in a historic ballot initiative that restored the right to vote to most state residents with felony convictions. — Bianca Fortis, ProPublica, 21 July 2022 In November 2020, voters overwhelmingly passed Measure 110. — Dan Springer, Fox News, 16 June 2022 The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill extending security to family members of Supreme Court justices, after Democrats dropped a last-minute proposal to expand the measure to cover families of court staff. — Harold Maass, The Week, 15 June 2022 See More

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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 27 Sep. 2022.

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