as in to catch
to move fast enough to get even with
in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading
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Recent Examples of overhaul
Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
In response, lawmakers have moved to overturn those laws, slow-walked their expansion or sought to overhaul the process entirely.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Josh Funk, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
The Celtics, whom many pundits viewed as a play-in team or worse after their offseason overhaul, now trail only the Pistons in the East standings with the season nearly halfway complete.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Almost every veteran player is a free agent this offseason, and the new CBA is expected to overhaul the league’s salary cap and structure.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
In response, lawmakers have moved to overturn those laws, slow-walked their expansion or sought to overhaul the process entirely.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
The Celtics, whom many pundits viewed as a play-in team or worse after their offseason overhaul, now trail only the Pistons in the East standings with the season nearly halfway complete.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhaul
Verb
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The distinctive design catches the eye of thousands of people passing by each day.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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One rarely gains a sense of what people look like (beyond the son’s bulky physique and shambling movements, in which the mother ‘caught a flash of her brother’).—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of planting trees in the median, the redesign calls for planting dozens of trees along the sidewalks on either side of Las Olas.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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Without effective job redesign and human oversight, businesses run mostly by smart machine labor will quickly falter.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The investigation, published in September, highlighted how 7-OH rose from obscurity to overtake the quasi-legal drug trade in American gas stations, grocery stores and smoke shops, triggering a wave of lawsuits and drawing federal scrutiny over its health risks.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2026
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In June 2025, the European Central Bank admitted that gold had overtaken the euro to become the world’s second-largest reserve asset for central banks.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Committee members pressed Ford and Lanphier on how the project revision decision was made and questioned whether the new plan would actually improve safety in the corridor.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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Claims were 1,000 higher than the prior week’s upward revision.—
Sean Conlon,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sierra Canyon also adjusted at halftime and were quicker to the perimeter, chasing the Celts off the 3-point line.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Rhodes chased him down the ramp and continued the brawl.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Some of Doppelgänger’s best songs synthesize years of working and reworking, stagnancy and revival, in just a few minutes.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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The coat was a custom reworking of a fall 2023 piece.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Iran has been plunged into a nationwide internet blackout as anti-regime protests intensify, severely restricting communication across the country as demonstrations enter their second week and the death toll reaches 44, according to reports.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to the official, the suspect refused to roll his window down or get out of his car, so the officer broke a rear window and reached inside the car to unlock the door.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As much as anything else now, facing that revamping — and executing it well — is the key to what the sequel becomes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Dec. 2025
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This week, Kaitlin Butts celebrates inking a label deal with Republic by issuing a tender revamping of a Jimmy Eat World hit.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Overhaul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhaul. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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