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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 There were some overcast early on, but there wasn’t any clouds in the sky at that point in time. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 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
  • The bill would prohibit federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing masks that obscure their identity during public-facing operations, with exemptions for medical and undercover purposes.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 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
  • The Long Walk uses the rawness of its spartan premise to venture deep into uncomfortable territory, culminating in an ending that blurs the lines between perseverance and defeat, hope and nihilism.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On the third floor, The World of RH Bar and Lounge showcases highlights from other RH destinations around the world, including two jets RH One and Two, the RH Three yacht, and 26 restaurants and bars, showing how seamlessly the brand blurs the line between lifestyle and design.
    Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thunder crackled and skies darkened in Mooresville.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Please note that leather conditioner does darken the color of the leather.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By the mid-1930s, however, Husseini’s influence was dimming.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Viture first made headlines with its Pro XR glasses, offering a 135-inch virtual screen and electrochromic dimming.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Overcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcast. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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