Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overutilizes
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Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026 -
But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That’s important, since many people make the mistake—both in the gym and daily life—of shrugging their shoulders up to their ears, which overuses the upper traps and elevates the scapula.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The video shows the religious leader begging the Lebanese Army not to withdraw from southern Lebanon, as Israel invades.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2026
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Acute myeloid leukemia begins in the bone marrow and typically invades the bloodstream thereafter, according to the American Cancer Society.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With millions of families trapped in legal limbo, the demand for immigration lawyers far exceeds the supply of legitimate legal services.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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The complaint also claims that the rule exceeds the Education Department's statutory jurisdiction and is therefore unlawful.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Unlimited special-interest and private money in elections entrenches commitments to existing tax breaks and spending programs.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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The 27-year-old’s withdrawal further entrenches Jonas Vingegaard’s status as the overwhelming favourite — bidding to become the only active rider to have won all three Grand Tours — having only taken victory at the Vuelta by one minute and 16 seconds over the Portuguese rider.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Durkin pointed out that Rosas’ impact transcends numbers or statistics.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Manicures and cucumber-eye-mask massages are still there, but they’ve been joined by sleep concierges, medical-grade aesthetic treatments, and a genuine reverence for setting that transcends the norm.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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The former controller of fiction at the BBC adds that the breadth of the TOBS fan base surpasses Downton.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Top graded Pomona College ( A+) has UNAEP to expenses of over 600% and Grinnell College in Iowa’s ratio surpasses 1,000%.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Overutilizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overutilizes. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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