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as in past
on or to the farther side of
peered over the wall
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as in again
yet another time
several executives missed the presentation and would like you to do it over for them later this afternoon
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as in throughout
from beginning to end
read it over until you understand it thoroughly
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as in up
brought or having come to an end
the play is over now
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Recent Examples of over
George Bradt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Angry over a potential targeting penalty that wasn’t called.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2025
Examples include hits after a play is over, hitting a player who is out of bounds or helmet-to-helmet contact.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Damien Scott, Billboard, 17 July 2024
Among the over dozen schools Jiang applied to, many rejected or waitlisted him, including Harvard.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 29 June 2024
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Preposition
Strategy Strategy is about the creation and allocation of the right resources to the right place in the right way at the right time over time.
—George Bradt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Angry over a potential targeting penalty that wasn’t called.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Adverb
According to Krauss, the track dates back to over a decade ago.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2025
Examples include hits after a play is over, hitting a player who is out of bounds or helmet-to-helmet contact.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
In the over 30 years he’s worked in VFX, Ulbrich worked on some of Hollywood’s biggest movies including Titanic, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Black Panther, and most recently, Top Gun: Maverick.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 17 July 2024
Among the over dozen schools Jiang applied to, many rejected or waitlisted him, including Harvard.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 29 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for over
Preposition
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By the end of 2024, strains whose THC content is above 25% constitute nearly a third of all prescriptions, while the average THC concentration was at 23.35%.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The proposals for Medicaid cuts include reducing the federal matching rate for the joint federal-state program, including the enhanced match under the Affordable Care Act for states that expanded Medicaid to cover low-income individuals earning above the poverty level.—
Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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Then, during the Civil War, West Virginia became a state by splitting up Virginia, Helmke said.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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In Gaza City, members of Palestinian Civil Defense teams — who carried out rescue operations in response to near-daily Israeli strikes during the war — poured into the streets to celebrate and climbed on top of ambulances to wave Palestinian flags.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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Evans appears poised to blow past previous career highs of 11 goals and 29 points.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Technical Leadership is unique because most of these capabilities are measured by current and past technical accomplishments within one's discipline.—
Tony Gambill,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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Experts have pointed to the link between climate change and the conditions that make fires like those that have roared across Los Angeles in recent weeks more likely.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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And across the industry, companies have shrunk teams whose entire job was to ensure the safety of their platforms, including from people who seek to foment hate and violence.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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In the lead-up to Augustine’s summer opening, Lee has hosted preview dinners around the city at restaurants like Navy Blue and Riel.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appétit,
28 Jan. 2025
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The attack took place around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022, as all four were inside an off-campus house near the University of Idaho. Kohberger, at the time, was a Ph.D. student studying criminology at Washington State University, which is just 10 miles away from the crime scene.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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That’s only a temporary measure, though, as the sale would ultimately need to go through.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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At least 30 of her neighbors also lost their homes in the Alphabets neighborhood when the Palisades Fire stormed through.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The faults at 6:10 p.m. and again at 6:11 p.m. coincided with two flashes in the vicinity of the transmission lines seen in a video captured by a camera at an Arco gas station in the moments before the Eaton fire began, followed by flames near the base of high-voltage transmission towers.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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In other words, the index’s final performance numbers were entirely reflective of the biggest Technology stocks again on Tuesday, but in the opposite direction.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Scattered throughout were the president’s family members and other familiar faces in Trump’s orbit.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Trump Inaugural Committee released a detailed itinerary, and the news media will broadcast and livestream throughout.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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