as in overused
to use so much as to make less appealing
seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week
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That might not be a good thing The pouches, which have become a convenient option for busy parents, can have several consequences for children if overused, doctors and other experts warn.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Oct. 2024 -
Project 2025 says the monument law has been overused and that public lands need to remain open to a wide range of uses — including oil drilling, coal mining and recreation.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2024
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Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Rows of tables are filled with revelers, exhausted from the hot walk through town and digging into bean, chicken, and carnitas tacos.—
Whitney Eulich,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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The artist who would eventually become the voice of a generation was then a 19-year-old college dropout bored with the Midwest and intrigued by the folk music coming out of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.—
Grant Wong,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The artist who would eventually become the voice of a generation was then a 19-year-old college dropout bored with the Midwest and intrigued by the folk music coming out of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.—
Grant Wong,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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