How to Use carryover in a Sentence

carryover

1 of 2 noun
  • Burns eventually returned to defense but his former coach thinks there was a carryover.
    Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2017
  • The Browns lead the NFL with more than $50 million in carryover dollars.
    Cameron Wolfe, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2017
  • Many of those issues revolving around energy affordability, will be carryovers from the most recent rate cases.
    Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There was no carryover for him from that event to the U.S. Open.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • The rest of the car will be a carryover from the current Camry.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • The butter will keep browning in the carryover heat of the pan.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Well, the big carryover from both—and this does go either way—is that the mental stuff is the same.
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 4 June 2021
  • There will be a two-day pick-six carryover that could drive the pool up to around three-quarters of a mil.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • One of the carryovers from the previous team suited the new look of the program just fine.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Strong glutes have a carryover to more than just your workout.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2022
  • This lake is also known to hold some rather large-carryover trout.
    Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times, 24 May 2017
  • There will be a carryover of $94 in the Super Hi-5 for Friday's opener.
    baltimoresun.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The Crab Cake Egg Roll is a carryover from the restaurant, melded with a cream cheese blend, mango ponzu and spicy mayo that will be sold for $20.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The carryover is for projects that either were not completed in 2021 or paid for during the year.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The other one is the Browns have $31 million carryover from prior years.
    cleveland, 28 Feb. 2021
  • And any amount over the 30% threshold is a carryover deduction for five years.
    Mia Taylor, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Though the new season takes place over 8,000 miles away from the previous one, Tanya isn’t the only carryover.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2022
  • This money is a carryover from the deal concocted before the start of the 2016 campaign.
    Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The carryover cap for each team is added to the base salary cap to determine each team’s final cap number.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Much like Boston’s seven game grind with the Bucks, there has been no carryover thus far in this series.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • Included in that is the carryover of $10.6 million from last year.
    Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The Pigs in Blankets ($9 for 3 pieces), a carryover from the Treasury, are wrapped in flaky, buttery puff pastry and heated in a speed oven.
    Maggie Hoffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • Eubanks said expanding his range is all part of the carryover from the bubble.
    Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • While 2021 was a good year for stocks, there is not much of a carryover effect into the next year (see table below).
    Randy Watts, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But as has happened so many times this season, there was no carryover.
    Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 13 May 2021
  • Read more: Little indicated that some of the debt is carryover from the past and some is more recent.
    Steve Zucker, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Astros manager Dusty Baker hopes there’s no carryover into the rest of the games against the Mets.
    Matt Young, Chron, 22 June 2022
  • But that kind of carryover success is not likely to repeat in 2024.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But both teams do it so different that really the carryover, there’s not a ton there.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Those 29 points in the first quarter to set a career and franchise high for most points in a quarter was a complete carryover from the 46-point night at Dallas.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
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carry over

2 of 2 verb
  • There are no characters that carry over between the movies, nor surprise family ties.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The $100 million allocated for the program will carry over to next year.
    Martin Z Braun, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Miller framed the move to demote his client as a disheartening sign of problems carried over from past administrations.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The rain will carry over into Wednesday and there also is a chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Unlike years past, when preliminary scores would carry over to the finals, this year’s championship featured a new structure.
    oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Doctors say that refugees who are pregnant and their babies face a higher risk of disease, death during childbirth and mental health issues that can carry over after the birth.
    New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • O'Shaughnessey is, in fact, the only Sonic voice actor to carry over from the games into the burgeoning live-action film franchise.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The bill passed the Virginia Senate on a 21-19 party-line vote and was approved to carry over to next year in the House.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Carr says that, for those of us who have this tendency, issues with things like trust and intimacy usually don’t carry over to our relationships with animals.
    Annette McGivney, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Literally nothing that happened in the regular season can possibly carry over into the playoffs.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Jones totaled 17 carries over the last two seasons, but the majority was attacking the perimeter on jet sweeps and reverses, not bread-and-butter running back plays.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Among other nuances, the kicker will not be allowed to cross the 50-yard line until the ball is fielded, penalties from scoring plays will not carry over and fair catches from kickoffs will be eliminated.
    Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The stuff on the practice field tends to carry over to the games.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • Those are all traits the Wolfes tried to carry over into the new book.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2022
  • And so far, the interest in Clark seems to have carried over to the league.
    Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The casting of Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, though, carried over.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 June 2023
  • And there’s no doubt about it that the bad blood will carry over to Friday.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • Báez pimped the homer by watching the ball carry over the fence from the batter's box.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Drew wants to see a carry over from Utah to Las Vegas with his team.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The front of the phone features a 32MP selfie camera, which appears to be carried over from the A53.
    Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Davis Mills looked good for the Texans late last year, which will carry over here.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2022
  • So, will this momentum carry over into the rest of the month?
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Any money that wasn’t spent this year will carry over to next year.
    Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • This 2-gap technique will carry over very well to the NFL level.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Whether or not the name will carry over to the American E-7 fleet remains to be seen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2023
  • These shoes will carry over from summer, spring, and even some fall days.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2022
  • Road course success could carry over to the street track in Chicago.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 2 July 2023
  • But the hope is that this new spot will also carry over the legacy from his first.
    Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Consequences The fight carried over to the Texas Senate as well.
    Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The most important thing to be aware of is the fact that access does not carry over from the first beta.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 16 June 2022

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