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 new work overturns that picture. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 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
  • The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Some analysts warn that investors may now have to factor in political risk ranging from regulatory intervention to executive overrides.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Despite the unprecedented investment, productivity gains are elusive, employee adoption is shaky, and the business case often collapses under scrutiny.
    Christopher Lind, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • As part of the building collapses, screams can be heard.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But DeWine kept the program as one of his 67 budget vetoes.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • By two 7-3 votes, commissioners overturned Garner’s vetoes.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of those upsets, 20 had rematches the following season (with three more to come this year, starting with Bama-Vandy and including Michigan-Ohio State).
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There were only two upsets this week, with Indiana thrashing Illinois 63-10 and Texas Tech knocking off Utah 34-10.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dalio also warned that the most misleading signals come near the top, where easy credit boosts spending, asset prices climb, unemployment falls.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • And if the burden falls on local authorities, the global non-government organization (NGO) predicted annual costs could reach 200 million pounds (about $269 million) by 2035.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The repeals do not conclude the litigation.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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“Overturns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturns. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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