How to Use over the years in a Sentence

over the years

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  • There’s been crises over the years that have occurred in the world.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • My kids have had a lot of Cat & Jack over the years, for sure.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • In your opinion, over the years, which ones had the best stuff?
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • She’s tagged her share of 140-class 8-pointers over the years.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Ahead of the movie's June 30 launch, Stevenson shares the works that have inspired him over the years.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 June 2023
  • In her own post, Amelia shared a carousel of photos of her grandma over the years.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
  • Accolades have poured in for the series over the years.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • What’s truly strange is just how many people share the feeling that the sun has whitened over the years.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
  • But, in truth, who among us hasn't made a few mistakes with their facial hair over the years?
    Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Jay said the siblings have always been close and over the years have grown even closer.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 July 2023
  • The reno expert stressed how the show's production team has become so close over the years.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Shania’s dropped little snippets here and there over the years.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 18 July 2023
  • And the idea of evil being able to feed itself in order to exist over the years and over the Trinity.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Still, the rule found resistance in high fashion over the years it was followed.
    Madoline Markham, Country Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Suns have had some great players over the years; only Charles Barkley is in the same rarefied air as Durant.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The full details of Thomas’ finances over the years remain unclear.
    Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But the complication is that the cylinder design has changed over the years.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Are there specific films where your feelings may have changed about them over the years?
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • He's also hosted many famous friends at his home there over the years.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • His job had evolved over the years, with fewer customers seeking shoe shines.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This left a lot of gaps to fill in over the years—and opportunities to reframe the defeat.
    Time, 25 June 2023
  • A lot of people have talked about the different screens that have been attempted over the years.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
  • There have been a number of similar problems over the years.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Part of the beauty of the U.S. women’s soccer team over the years has been its ability to brand itself.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been an important source of income for many writers over the years.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • With many of the usual red carpets on pause due to the Screen Actors Guild strikes, the two took a moment to reflect on how the process has changed over the years.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
  • His stature as a distinctive filmmaker has only grown over the years, even for work that was shunned at the time.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In doing so, Hilton shared a collection of photos of the pair together over the years.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Pressey and Stevens entered the league together when Stevens was a first-year coach and Pressey was a rookie, and Pressey said the two stayed in contact over the years.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The rain show is a prime example of how Swift has managed to not only maintain her fan base, but grow it over the years.
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023

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