How to Use over the years in a Sentence

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  • To all the crews over the years … the show was built on your backs !
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Clarkson has shared bits about the process over the years.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 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
  • The show has evolved over the years, drawing a wide range of celebrities.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • This can add up to a big savings in water over the years.
    Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Her style—half sporty, half avant-garde—has seen her sport many two-piece sets over the years.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The essence of Olympic competition hasn’t changed over the years.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • Ideas to alter it have been discussed over the years, but there have been no changes.
    Ian Parkes, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • The monorail system hasn’t been without its mishaps and tragedies over the years.
    Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Dettmer spoke to me about how the channel has evolved over the years, and the process of creating his very first video.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Oct. 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
  • Gun control Walz’s stance on gun control has changed over the years.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Jay said the siblings have always been close and over the years have grown even closer.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 July 2023
  • This year, why not sit down and write mom one for all the wonderful gifts she's given you over the years?
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 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
  • Weil says the country has made even more improvements to the system over the years, such as through audits.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Mills has employed one clever trick over the years for getting deer to stop without alerting them: scent balls.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024

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