as in to overuse
to use so much as to make less appealing
seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week
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Recent Examples of overexpose
The Athletic is already guilty of cynically overexposing Arsenal's Max Dowman and Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha.
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Applying a minor exposure adjustment will naturally boost the contrast between darker and lighter tones of your image, and a good result will be one where the solar disk does not appear under- or overexposed.
—Josh Dury, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The couple’s recent red-carpet appearance with their kids at Pompeo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony was a rare one, and I, for one, kind of love that their family life is the antithesis of overexposed.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 May 2025
When a player like McKinstry begins receiving everyday at-bats, there is a risk of that player getting overexposed — too many miles on the Cadillac.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Applying a minor exposure adjustment will naturally boost the contrast between darker and lighter tones of your image, and a good result will be one where the solar disk does not appear under- or overexposed.
—Josh Dury, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The couple’s recent red-carpet appearance with their kids at Pompeo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony was a rare one, and I, for one, kind of love that their family life is the antithesis of overexposed.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 May 2025
When a player like McKinstry begins receiving everyday at-bats, there is a risk of that player getting overexposed — too many miles on the Cadillac.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexpose
Verb
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Another thing that Shakman does is showcase the superpowers but never overuses or over-eggs them.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Researchers are discovering that SWD could have a pyrethroid resistance, so overusing insecticides could cause SWD to gain stronger immunity and spread farther, according to the University of California.—
Sophia Valchine,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
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By the time 1960 rolled around, trucks had appropriated car-like fenders and four-door cabs from conventional automobiles; by the 1980s, smaller trucks — first from Japan, followed by American brands — further popularized the idea of trucks as everyday vehicles and even fun toys.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Medici, one of the most important families of the Florentine aristocracy, popularized them at their court.—
Michel Mejía,
Glamour,
2 Aug. 2025
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Sufferers have also long been stereotyped by doctors, a tendency exacerbated by the fact that migraine patients are predominantly female.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Women are often stereotyped as less decisive than men, but, in reality, studies show that women and men are equally capable of making decisions quickly.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Simple pleasures appeal to you as the moon and Venus harmonize—no need to overdo it.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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And while some thought the league was overdoing it with all the shots of the singer during the games, Mama Kelce was excited for the new audience Swift was attracting.—
Lisa France,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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My mother, exhausted, would simply tell us to go to bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The choice is whether to exhaust yourself trying to conduct every note or to lay down a rhythm that enables your entire team to create something extraordinary together.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Still the gigantic creature bored his way downward, with undiminished speed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Overexpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexpose. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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