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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrown
Adjective
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Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025 -
As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Maintaining obsolete systems also consumes time and budget that businesses could invest in high-value strategic initiatives.—
Manuel Sanchez,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The streetcar would move too slowly, carry too few people or too many, be obsolete on opening day, cost too much, and trigger gentrification.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The economic outlook of the Los Angeles area, with a population larger than most states, has been clouded by events that have upended the entertainment industry.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Running Point Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, a woman whose life is upended when a scandal forces her brother to resign from his position, and she is appointed president of the Los Angeles Waves, one of the most storied professional basketball franchises, and her family business.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Trailing 0-2, the Heat now faces a series deficit that not many NBA teams have overcome.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Not without its controversy, like life, the show has tried to demonstrate that family can overcome anything with love, laughter, and conversation.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Houston has athletic size, and that has overwhelmed the Clippers in previous matchups.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Fatherhood overwhelmed Wade at first.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Officers subdued her, handcuffed her and called fire rescue.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The ceremony, traditionally celebratory, was subdued as protesters gathered outside the Capitol in San Juan.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Overthrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrown. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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