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verb

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Recent Examples of overcast
Adjective
August is one of the least overcast months for both countries, with a chance of clear skies around 40 percent in Iceland and hovering near 70 percent for Northern Spain. Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025 One recent windy and overcast Saturday, Ross hosted his pool party, which some fans purchased tickets to attend. Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
Short term reversals shouldn’t overcast longer term progress, Reed added. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024 The past year has seen an existential mood overcast the rap world as its commercial dominance appears to be on its last leg. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for overcast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcast
Adjective
  • This character development does not really land, however, and Mersault becomes increasingly hazy, disappearing into a cloud of abstraction in the third act.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
  • People take pictures with the Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign under hazy orange skies as the sun sets in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 29, 2023.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Senate Bill 627, for example, would prohibit law enforcement agents from covering their faces to obscure their identity, carving out exceptions for SWAT teams and undercover officers.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In those interviews, the faces of victims were obscured to protect their identities.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At her London Photocall, the root of her hair appears braided, which makes her misty texture more pieced apart.
    Essence, Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
  • From the thunderous canyons of Utah to the misty peaks of China, 2025 reveals a world not only rich in beauty—but in economic might.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Usually, Meghan has posted photos of their children with their faces blurred out, or in poses where their face is unseen.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ratti’s brand of optimism has always blurred the line between big data and surveillance, and, as a robotics pioneer, he’s also long gravitated toward the post-human, the dream of a world made and managed by machines.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That means the blood-red moon will climb above the eastern horizon already darkened, creating a dramatic but challenging sight.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Areas that should have been completely dark were instead illuminated with noisy streaks; areas that should have been uniformly bright had darkened streaks across them.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And whatever’s not white is clouded steel.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As for me, whatever posturing impulse had compelled my attendance at the 10-year had dimmed considerably.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • She’s also shared that seeing Kelce move on publicly hasn’t dimmed her own light.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Consider a misting device or a drop fountain.
    Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Once cool, pour it into a spray bottle and lightly mist the smelly surfaces.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Overcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcast. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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