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Recent Examples of overseas
This encompasses members of the sports and books departments and will also lessen the number of overseas journalists and suspend The Post Reports podcast.
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
But the economy of the British empire as a whole—Britain plus Ireland plus Canada plus Australia plus New Zealand plus South Africa plus India plus the other British dominions and overseas colonies—that entity remained the world’s largest economic unit until during the First World War.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Will the Chicago Bears have an overseas game next season?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Much attention goes to the NFL’s overseas games, but the league has also deputized its teams to help spread the sport in other international markets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
But the economy of the British empire as a whole—Britain plus Ireland plus Canada plus Australia plus New Zealand plus South Africa plus India plus the other British dominions and overseas colonies—that entity remained the world’s largest economic unit until during the First World War.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Will the Chicago Bears have an overseas game next season?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Much attention goes to the NFL’s overseas games, but the league has also deputized its teams to help spread the sport in other international markets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseas
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Khelif did not compete in an international boxing tournament in the Netherlands last summer after failing to register in time before the applications closed.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The weeklong trip may be one of only a few international trips Vance makes this year.—
MICHELLE L. PRICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Around 10% of Ypsilanti's population is foreign-born according to Census data, above the state average of 7%.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Twenty-seven per cent of my state is foreign-born.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The clientele at Chablé has primarily been couples looking for a quiet, romantic retreat in an exotic tropical setting though the property is making a play to attract more families with the addition of a kid’s club and a small farm with a petting zoo, both new in 2024.—
John Newton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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These are exotic versions of protons contain an up quark, a down quark and a strange quark instead of the proton’s two ups and one down.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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Although Mercury was close enough to the Sun and small enough that its atmosphere was fully stripped away long ago, Venus was more distant and more massive, and managed to hold onto its more massive molecular species, particularly its carbon dioxide.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Heading to a far-off destination that's tricky to navigate can be stressful for first-time solo travelers.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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But the images encode all the dark matter between the far-off object and the telescope.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Police officer Vikash Kumar said rescue teams recovered 18 bodies from the site of the explosion in a remote area of the state's East Jaintia Hills district.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Rather, the legislation encourages agencies to develop plans that offer remote work to the fullest extent possible, which the state engineers union noted is consistent with language already outlined in the Department of General Services existing Statewide Telework Policy.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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Based in the northwestern France, the Besniers over the course of three generations have expanded what began as an artisanal cheese-making operation into a multinational entity with products sold in some 150 countries.—
Tara Patel,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Yet, because of the loophole in the Citizens United ruling, foreign investors can now subvert that federal law through multinational corporations.—
Michael Gianaris,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseas. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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