overworks

verb

present tense third-person singular of overwork
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as in overdoes

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as in exerts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overworks
  1. overdoes
  2. exerts
  3. overuses
  4. tries
  5. invades
  6. exercises
  7. encroaches
  8. entrenches
Verb
  • Her direction here wisely emphasizes the actors, and possibly overdoes it with the mirrors — lotta symbolically reflective surfaces and isolating frames within frames — but there’s never the sensation that the person behind the camera is winging it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of overdoes
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  • With the veil thinning, our intuition exerts an immense pull on our emotional state.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Among the elements biology has to work with, oxygen exerts the strongest pull.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of exerts
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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
Definition of overuses
Verb
  • Seventy thousand law enforcement officers, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons, will be deployed across France as President Emmanuel Macron’s government tries to ward off another weekend of violent protests.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Set in their modest ways, the couple tries to settle into their lives in Norway, having moved there after the death of Mihai’s parents to be closer to Lisbet’s family.
    — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tries
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  • A couple of key injuries to defensive starters come as a high-flying offense led by quarterback Jared Goff invades Bank of America Stadium.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Damage is often concentrated in the lower areas of the plant, as Verticillium invades hosts from their base, working upwards.
    — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of invades
Verb
  • When Skinny Neck Tat guy tries to break into her house, Ginger exercises her constitutional right to deadly force.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Working in his favor, Mora said, is that the pope is not a smoker and is an otherwise healthy 71-year-old who plays tennis and exercises his lungs regularly.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exercises
Verb
  • These industry changes come at an uncertain time as artificial intelligence encroaches on the creative field and consumers are turning to social media platforms for music consumption and discovery.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The necessary debates are only beginning to heat up as AI inexorably encroaches on our daily lives.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of encroaches
Verb
  • Villagers describe losing orchards, tobacco fields and beehives along with their houses, accusing Lebanon’s government of abandoning them as Israel entrenches its military presence in southern Lebanon.
    — Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Whether saving hemp beverages helps those operators or entrenches a cheaper parallel market beside the one they are stuck in is the question the campaign leaves open.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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