OVERSEAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

overseas

adjective

Definition of overseas

as in international

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Recent Examples of overseas The increase in their sales speaks to all three regions that the company serves, though China led that increase due to chip demand, overseas orders, and ongoing supply-chain localization. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026 Chinese tax residents are required to pay tax on their worldwide income, including taxable returns from overseas insurance products, officials said earlier this month. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026 In March, for example, European refineries increased jet fuel output by 22 percent year-over-year, according to the IEA, cutting the region’s need for overseas imports by more than half. — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026 Asics is planning overseas expansion in the second half of 2026, starting in Greater China and other regions. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas

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According to Stéphane Thibault, Monaco’s top prosecutor, the state issued an international arrest warrant and notified Interpol late on Thursday evening.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
The study has been published in the international chemistry journal Chem.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 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

Other researchers used the theory to derive Navier-Stokes analogues for exotic states of matter, like fracton matter.

— Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
The exotic animals live on a private ranch owned by the Seeno family, longtime developers and home builders.

— Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of exotic

Adjective

Across the Solar System, eruptions can send ash over continents, throw sulfur compounds hundreds of miles above a moon, or propel nitrogen gas and ice through the frozen crust of a distant world.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
This El Niño is a reminder that climate risks are no longer distant.

— Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of distant

Adjective

The experiences left me too impatient to wait for the next total solar eclipse in the continental United States in far-off 2044.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Among all the far-off places, and all the deserted and unknown cities, among all the lawless, godless regions, the Guayrá was an oasis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of far-off

Adjective

Mbaginta’o came from the Anga people, then known as the Kukukuku, who lived in a more remote region than the Fore, surrounded by uninhabited forest and steep mountains.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Construction in the remote canyon presented difficulties, including limited working space, persistent humidity and fog, and the need for regular checks of the steel structure.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 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

And what’s bad for these workers is invariably bad for the multinational companies that rely on their labor.

— Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Still, Nike appeared committed to the idea that the public just needed more education, more visibility and more lectures from multinational corporations.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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