overturns 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of overturn

overturns

2 of 2

noun

plural of overturn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overturns
Noun
The insight reportedly overturns a paradigm established nearly two centuries ago by popular British mathematician Lord Kelvin’s brother, James Thompson, who at the time proposed that pressure and friction contribute to ice melting alongside temperature. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025 The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021. Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025 The delight of it, the source of its generous dollops of camp melodrama, comes from its ability to convince you that maybe, just maybe, this will be the thing that finally overturns the apple cart. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturns
Verb
  • When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Some contracts restrict agents' flexibility, cut their overrides or tether them to systems that don't support their style of working.
    Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If the restructuring collapses, those investors can pull their money—a potentially catastrophic blow for a company planning to burn through $115 billion by 2029.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • East Chicago city cameras appear to show the two men in an argument before Ramirez collapses.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now that the process has been initiated, the Security Council must vote within 30 days on a resolution to continue Iran‘s sanctions relief, requiring at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, or France to pass.
    Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That’s, in part, because the Council would have to pull off an override on the Bally’s matter by early next week due to rules that set a tighter timeline for objecting to mayoral vetoes on land use matters.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And just like in sports, there were some nailbiting finishes, a few major upsets and a whole lot of victory laps to take.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One of the first surprising upsets of the college football season occurred on Friday night as Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school Tarleton State defeated Army, 30-27.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Oregon rises after beating Oklahoma State by 66, while Clemson falls after trailing Troy at halftime before a 27-16 win.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Raising systemic issues and then resolving them with humor falls flat for this critic.
    Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Property tax repeals or reforms are being considered in multiple states across the country, following the consistent rise of property taxes over the past five years.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The deal, the evictions, the rent-regulation repeals.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Overturns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturns. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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