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These directions are overly complex.
She's overly sensitive to criticism.
They didn't seem overly concerned about the problem.
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At times, Trump has been criticized for having what some describe as an overly cozy relationship with Putin.
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ABC News, 25 Jan. 2025
There is no need for Shyne to overly verbalize the significance of these images: Black farmers cultivating land on which they were once enslaved, using tools that ease the burden of this task.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
While that might sound overly bureaucratic, the impact and reach of investigations by the civil grand jury over the years has been significant.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
There was a recent kerfuffle online as a bunch of creatives shot down a report that Netflix has writers write overly descriptive dialogue in case viewers are watching something passively (e.g. folding laundry, checking email).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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ABC News, 25 Jan. 2025
There is no need for Shyne to overly verbalize the significance of these images: Black farmers cultivating land on which they were once enslaved, using tools that ease the burden of this task.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
While that might sound overly bureaucratic, the impact and reach of investigations by the civil grand jury over the years has been significant.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
There was a recent kerfuffle online as a bunch of creatives shot down a report that Netflix has writers write overly descriptive dialogue in case viewers are watching something passively (e.g. folding laundry, checking email).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Overly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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