OVERHAULED Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

overhauled

verb

past tense of overhaul

as in caught

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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fell short

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Recent Examples of overhauled What needs to be overhauled is the entire system of government that has taken hold in California over the last decade. —

Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 Past offers for the Sapphire Reserve have been as low as 60,000 to 80,000 points, but since the card was overhauled in the summer of 2025, its welcome bonuses have typically been at least six figures. —

Ryley Amond, CNBC, 1 May 2026 Randazzo said the criteria for issuing tickets has also been overhauled. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 Robinson devised a new layout with Giancola Contractors that knocked down a wall separating the living and dining areas and overhauled the bathrooms. —

Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026 Last year, the legislature overhauled the state’s towing laws to end a practice in which towing companies could start the process to sell people’s cars in as little as 15 days if the firm deemed the car to be worth less than $1,500. —

Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2026 Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat, told Fox News Digital that the SAFE-T act, the law that eliminated cash bail in Illinois, needs to be overhauled after Saturday's shooting, which was allegedly committed by someone who was on pretrial release. —

Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Late last year, OpenAI overhauled its structure again to become a public benefit corporation, in which the nonprofit and other investors including Microsoft hold stakes. —

Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 Back in October, the basketball media-verse did not expect much from the Suns, a team that had overhauled its roster, trading star power for grit. —

Doug Haller, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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Verb

And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
Before that drama began, however, five of the first six outs of the game were grounders to Deegan, which caught the eye of Dundee-Crown coach Andrew Zimmer.

— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026