overseas

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Recent Examples of overseas China’s exports of electric vehicles doubled in September from a year earlier as its automakers expanded their reach into overseas markets. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025 Universal Pictures International is set to handle overseas distribution in all territories except France, New Zealand and Russia. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 The first overseas missionaries traveled to England in 1837. Brittany Romanello, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025 That's because Beijing, the most important overseas market for the NBA, effectively froze out the NBA in 2019 following a fallout over protests in Hong Kong. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overseas
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Adjective
  • This included key initiatives such as attending overseas markets and conferences, acquiring new IP, and engaging a head of international outreach — all of which were fully approved and communicated with the BFI.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Also in Kharkiv region, closer to the international border, the Russians have claimed advances near the town of Vovchansk, including the capture of a nearby village.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With nearly one-third of Los Angeles County's 10 million residents being foreign-born, the declaration has significant social and economic implications, especially for immigrant and mixed-status families.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That work includes talking to their students in age-appropriate ways about what’s going on in their communities in a city that is nearly 30% Latino and more than 22% foreign-born, Shukla said.
    Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is bright, exotic, and joyfully subversive, proving that even the darkest wood can burn so bright.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • One of her father’s projects was creating Shoemaker’s Farm, an orchard on Traylor Road in Ramona filled with common and exotic fruit trees.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Burns decided to take on the Revolution as his next project in the waning months of the Obama administration, a moment that may feel as distant from today as the war itself.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The lens covers a similar angle of view to a full-frame system with a 100-400mm zoom, a range that's ideal for photographing wildlife, field sports, and other far-off subjects.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond its ability to sustain life, the Hotan's sediments once contained nephrite jade in both white and green varieties, making the region a key stop along the historic Silk Road, where traders once exchanged jade, silk and stories of far-off lands.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As crews work to clear out debris and get supplies to the remote region, they’ll be forced in a few short weeks to contend with Alaska’s bitter winter weather, including cold temperatures and potentially icy conditions.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This might make my literary endeavors, as well as my other gig—remote therapist—somewhat difficult.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
  • Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • In June, the 44-year-old Andic stepped away from his executive responsibilities at the multinational fashion company to reportedly take on more responsibilities within the Andic family’s holding companies, which control the family’s real estate and business holdings.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The disappearance of the Titan submersible launched a frenzied multinational search operation that stretched for days before its debris field was located at the bottom of the ocean.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseas. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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