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Recent Examples of overhead
Health Reporter, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Even the glow of a cigarette can alert the drones that fly overhead.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Footage of the incident filmed by passengers and obtained by NBC News shows smoke and flames coming out of an open overhead bin.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as 1000 km away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right, according to the NOAA.
—Health Reporter, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Even the glow of a cigarette can alert the drones that fly overhead.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Start by dimming lights 60 to 90 minutes before bed or use a soft amber or red light instead of overhead brightness.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Footage of the incident filmed by passengers and obtained by NBC News shows smoke and flames coming out of an open overhead bin.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
Related Stories Of course, a Paramount-WBD merger would undoubtedly include a massive tranche of layoffs, as a union of the two conglomerates would reduce corporate overhead and would consolidate functions across studios, TV and streaming operations.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead
Adverb
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Most UTIs begin when bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract enter the urethra and travel upward into the bladder.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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So, if the stock market is warped in a way that has driven stocks consistently upward, who cares?—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Water Utilities has to study demographics and costs once the first two questions are answered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In addition to the players mentioned above, Max Muncy is also getting up there in age for Los Angeles.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Different food hubs help farmers cut expenses by providing a variety of resources, such as warehousing, transportation and delivery, education, marketing, contract management and some even provide supplies to farmers.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, data provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that cost-of-living increases, not tuition, drove up the expense of studying medicine in recent years.—
Tribune News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The game was soon over and, for all the other tremendous things Woodson did in helping Michigan to a share of the national title, that moment loomed large in his Heisman victory over Tennessee’s Peyton Manning.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Just over an hour after the lifeguard was attacked, a 3- to 4-foot reef shark was seen at Kauai’s Poipu Beach, according to Kauai County’s Ocean Safety Bureau.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The rash may begin as small, flat, round discolorations that become raised and fluid-filled (clear or pus) before scabbing.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2022
Noun
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The Congressional Budget Office in January estimated outlays of more than $100 billion for the program in 2025, though the actual spending this year is uncertain due to recent budget shifts and the ongoing government shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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But with spending continuing to rise, investors are getting skittish about the outlays without more concrete signs of the payoffs.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In a separate statement to Whittier Daily News, Rowley claimed that the city had ignored complaints about upraised sidewalks caused by tree roots for years, and stated the city had not implemented adequate inspection protocols.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhead. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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