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
Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The company is working on a design overhaul for the Pro range, and the M5 Pro models are expected early next year.
—PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Greg Peters, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Those procedures ultimately didn’t take place, but federal officials vowed in July to overhaul the nation’s organ donation system.
—Cara Anthony, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Verb
By replacing outdated infrastructure with real-time oversight, the company gives clients a scalable way to modernize security without a costly hardware overhaul.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The company is working on a design overhaul for the Pro range, and the M5 Pro models are expected early next year.
—PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
Don’t try to overhaul everything.
—Greg Peters, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Those procedures ultimately didn’t take place, but federal officials vowed in July to overhaul the nation’s organ donation system.
—Cara Anthony, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhaul
Verb
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Kirk was killed in Utah on Wednesday and the suspect, Tyler Robinson, was caught after his father turned him in to authorities on Friday.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Use any type of soft plastic lures to catch black bass.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company spotlighted the iPhone Air's sleek redesign, the powerful A19 chip and major camera upgrades.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There's also an incoming redesign for the Photos app, a new one-handed mode for the Camera app, more dynamic lock screen options, improvements to Messages, and many other features.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Seattle Mariners have overtaken the Houston Astros atop the AL West.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, GPUs emerged as the preferred hardware, only to be later overtaken by FPGAs and eventually ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The revision, which would be not a hardback book but an online-only edition, requiring a subscription, was expected to take decades.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since then, on September 9, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary revisions to payroll data, showing that 911,000 fewer jobs were created in the twelve months through March 2025 than were initially reported.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These calls -- known as swatting -- panicked at least a dozen schools as police rush to campuses, chasing phantom threats with many of them being racially motivated and targeting historically Black colleges and universities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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To be sure, more mutual fund companies are going to be chasing those assets on the precipice of a huge decision from the Securities and Exchange Commission which could allow every asset management company to offer an ETF share class of their funds.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Very little aid, if anything, is reaching Gaza City at this point.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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That deal would potentially break a rule that no single broadcaster can reach more than 39 percent of American homes, so the FCC would have to lift the cap in order for the merger to go ahead.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Crews need to close off the area to get the year-long rejuvenation work done so the existing buoy will be protectively boxed off while seawall construction, road work and revamping of the plaza proceeds.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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The revamping of the modernist façade of the hotel was left to Spanish architect Ramon de Arana, who designed a striking staircase entry and used aged brass to frame each guestroom from the exterior, resulting in a dynamic interplay with the changing light of the day.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Her bold spirit and belief in God's guidance have propelled her to pursue various impactful ventures.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cox had said on Wednesday that officials would pursue the death penalty against the shooting suspect.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Overhaul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhaul. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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