overplaying

present participle of overplay

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Verb
  • The campaign included videos of the students re-enacting scenes from the film and posting them online with the hashtag #bacontopayson.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Attaining Reimbursement Parity While states are making progress in enacting parity laws between telemedicine and in-hospital providers, the exact wording varies by state.
    Jason Povio, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Sweet and economist Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics noted the government has faced challenges seasonally adjusting the price data early in the year, overstating price increases.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Critics have long accused Musk of overstating Tesla’s self-driving tech, and Tesla often misses its own product-launch deadlines.
    Harri Weber, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Overplaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overplaying. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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