OVERSEAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

overseas

adjective

Definition of overseas

as in international

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Recent Examples of overseas Currently, Jones said the sectors of the overseas large-cap market that investors may benefit from the most are materials, industrials, and metals and mining. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 My life was turned upside down when I was victimized by an overseas wire transfer. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 Whenever the Strait of Hormuz is open, countries can rush out supplies and fill up overseas tanks. — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 According to the latest figures from the Nepal Tourism Board, 644 overseas nationals have not yet been located. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas

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Adjective

Over the past three months, international futures markets saw cocoa rise by more than 60% cumulatively, coffee gain over 30%, and raw sugar futures increase by nearly 30%.

— , CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
No problem Pam Allgood's husband won't fly or get on a ship, but that doesn't stop her from crossing international borders.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of international

Adjective

More than one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to a 2026 city report.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Roughly one in five Floridians is foreign-born, and immigrants make up close to half the workforce in the industries the state runs on.

— Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of foreign-born

Adjective

Its primary location, on Exchange Street, is its top-performing retail outlet in the US, but the smaller Drover location is where the team measures for custom boots in exotic skins and dozens of color combinations.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
With the exotic car market being higher than ever, many cars were sold at the RM Sotheby's Monterey auction for multimillion-dollar price tags.

— Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of exotic

Adjective

Growing up in nearby Long Island, where my parents moved partially due to fear of what would happen next, the attacks felt like a distant but ever-present part of my life.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
This week is a great time to find it because Neptune soon reaches opposition within Pisces, making the distant planet brighter than at any other time this year.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of distant

Adjective

Her reasons for leaving involve both the recent and far-off past, which the author brings to a powerful place in her conclusion.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
And new species join the party regularly, as bad pet owners release their charges into the wild or stowaways sneak in from far-off countries.

— Alex Harris August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of far-off

Adjective

These malicious apps can be surreptitiously installed by remote attackers even when the devices are positioned behind a router.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
At least 933 workers are missing at various hydropower projects that run along the Trishuli river, which winds through multiple districts in the remote and mountainous area, according to the country’s disaster agency.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of remote

Adjective

Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.

— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024

Definition of nonindigenous

Adjective

No formal charges have been filed, and TWG Global, the multinational holding company led by Walter, is cooperating in the investigation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Step Back Uber joins a list of multinational companies that have left Nigeria since inflation began spiking in 2023 in response to economic policy changes by President Bola Tinubu.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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