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Recent Examples of overhead
Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Traditional lanterns hang overhead while a Koi fish fountain sprays water into a pond, designed to reflect nature’s innate balance and harmony.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Before your next trip, use this guide to make sure your bag will fit in the overhead compartment.
—Brooke Vaughan, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
The 7 Best Plant Moisture Meters How to Water a Money Tree
Money trees can be watered in several different ways, but two watering methods are the most popular: overhead watering and bottom watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
Saturn and Venus will appear in the west, while Mars will lie in the east and Jupiter will shine overhead.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Traditional lanterns hang overhead while a Koi fish fountain sprays water into a pond, designed to reflect nature’s innate balance and harmony.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Research hubs are some of the biggest employers in certain states, and billions of dollars in cuts for overhead costs could have a ripple effect across regional economies, in addition to putting ongoing biomedical projects in jeopardy.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Before your next trip, use this guide to make sure your bag will fit in the overhead compartment.
—Brooke Vaughan, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
Each bed has an air-conditioning unit built into the headboard, while a slim overhead fan provides good air circulation.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
The 7 Best Plant Moisture Meters How to Water a Money Tree
Money trees can be watered in several different ways, but two watering methods are the most popular: overhead watering and bottom watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead
Adverb
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The jet also angled sharply upward in the last second before impact, Homendy said.—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Prices moving upward in January has further cooled hopes of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve in the near future.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cost ranges from $24 to $84, a one-time-only payment.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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As much as the in-game unit costs begin to leak shortly after the first spots are auctioned off, there is no standard rate for a Super Bowl ad.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Their biggest expense was $1,112 on unlimited pizza and alcohol.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Lamont says that some of the spending has been relatively minor, including that Cheng tipped too much on meals paid at taxpayers’ expense.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The key to the more textured look (above) is product, product, product.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the last 24 hours, three states have been under a state of emergency mentioned above.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Totally worth it £5m — hiring and sacking Dan Ashworth, the best sporting director in the world who left in December just a few months after joining the club from Newcastle £200m — summer transfer outlay on Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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For the opera in Colombia staged by an American composer, $22,000 of the $47,000 outlay was in nonfederal funding.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Fire erupted as the aircraft tumbled, and the plane slammed into the runway, spitting out a huge fireball and leaving passengers hung aloft in their seats, according to passengers John Nelson and Peter Koukov.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Fans poured onto the pitch to celebrate Everton’s stoppage-time equaliser with goalscorer James Tarkowski and his team-mates, one holding a corner flag aloft.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That would represent about 7% of the federal government's $6.7 trillion in annual expenditures.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Suzuki Suzuki also talked extensively about a multi-pathway approach to being carbon neutral and last year pledged to invest US$15.35 billion in research and development for all businesses and an additional $19.05 billion in capital expenditures by 2030.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Anything is possible, and the journey is never over.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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For those who have been waiting for the audio version, your wait is over.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Overhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhead. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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