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overmatches

verb

present tense third-person singular of overmatch
as in masters
to achieve a victory over an indomitable spirit that no amount of adversity could overmatch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overmatches
  1. masters
  2. defeats
  3. overcomes
  4. beats
  5. takes
  6. gets
  7. dispatches
  8. conquers
Verb
  • The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.
    — Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Definition of masters
Verb
  • Years of practice, games, injuries, triumphs and defeats shape prospects for the ultimate goal — to play hockey professionally.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Which defeats the entire purpose of replay in the first place.
    — Will Leitch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of defeats
Verb
  • IonQ’s real-time decoder overcomes this hurdle by managing this workload efficiently, allowing quantum computing to run without pauses.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Maybe your favorite wrestler finally overcomes insurmountable odds to become a world champion.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of overcomes
Verb
  • The store that matches its habits to its real customers beats the one copying whatever the chains are doing this quarter.
    — Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing beats the experience of paging through a beautiful book.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of beats
Verb
  • An example of warrantless seizure could be a case in which an officer sees a dog being abused and takes the animal.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Aries Full Moon illuminates your expansive 9th house, highlighting travel, education, publishing, beliefs, or a direction that takes you beyond the familiar.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of takes
Verb
  • ConnCAT had already announced that a member of the ConnCORP board, Malcolm Ellis, would serve as its interim director as the search for a permanent leader gets underway.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • If lounging by the water gets old, the resort runs a wide range of complimentary activities, from yoga sessions to an aloe scrub–making class.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Even though the department no longer dispatches officers to the scenes of minor accidents, LAPD statistics show that enforcement the department’s 308-member traffic bureau has gone up.
    — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The officer immediately dispatches that shots had been fired.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispatches
Verb
  • As technology conquers this final Wi-Fi frontier, air travel will never be the same.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Iceman appears on four Billboard charts this week and conquers two of them.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of conquers
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“Overmatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmatches. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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