Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversetting
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Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025 -
There is a sense that the sport’s traditional logic is inverting.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The waterside trees leaned far out over the currents, almost toppling into the river, as if being pushed by the exuberant growth at their backs.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Strikes are something that had an important role in toppling the Pahlavi regime in 1979.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Francesca Nadin of Prisoners for Palestine said the hunger strikers’ case – and growing support for overturning the ban on Palestine Action – reflect intensifying public concern over the right to free speech.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Wembley, Old Trafford, the Emirates Stadium; at various points over the past few years, Newcastle have taken a wrecking ball to long decades of self-abasement, but overturning a substantive lead at the Etihad Stadium will require another level of achievement.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Season 14 also got its first wildcard contestant, with Crane entering the competition and promptly upending things.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Jan. 2026
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These problems are compounded by climate change, which is upending the water cycle and bringing more severe droughts and floods.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Operators of another boat happened to be on the phone with the Coast Guard checking conditions in the inlet and reported the vessel, the Moonstruck, capsizing, according to The Coastland Times.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Coppin State’s path to a coveted berth in the NCAA Tournament will entail capturing a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament crown, not upsetting a legitimate contender for the national title.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
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Any action–every action–defying convention, upsetting conformity, breaking stereotypes, serves as resistance.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The robot uses a stable, wheeled base inspired by robot vacuums, paired with a tilting torso and two articulated arms.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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For now, that struggle appears to be tilting away from her and toward Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, particularly following Marcano Tábata’s replacement.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Oversetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversetting. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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