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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
Matias Grez, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Nothing’s worse than flicking over to airplane mode and finding your phone is suddenly useless.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
That signals the battle against inflation isn't yet over, though the November inflation report was in line with economists' expectations.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
Selina Wang, ABC News, 29 June 2024
A couple from Maryland are among the over 1,3000 people who died while making this year's Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia amid extreme heat.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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Gout is now the fastest 16-year-old in history over 200m, holds the second fastest under-18 200m time ever, and now holds the new Oceania 200m record, per World Athletics.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Nothing’s worse than flicking over to airplane mode and finding your phone is suddenly useless.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
Adverb
When your conversation is over, a transcript will be available in a separate thread.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
That signals the battle against inflation isn't yet over, though the November inflation report was in line with economists' expectations.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Among the over dozen schools Jiang applied to, many rejected or waitlisted him, including Harvard.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 29 June 2024
A couple from Maryland are among the over 1,3000 people who died while making this year's Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia amid extreme heat.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for over
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Broadcom also forecast first-quarter revenue above estimates late Thursday.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Pulling off a stunt of this magnitude and bringing an audience along for the ride is certainly one way of standing above the competition on OnlyFans.Jessie Sage, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
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There is also an appearance by the band Turnpike Troubadours who perform during the live auction at the Yellowstone ranch.Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Daboll based the decision on extensive evaluation during the bye week.Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The same family of contaminants triggered past recalls of the heartburn drug Zantac, the diabetes drug metformin and the smoking cessation medication Chantix.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The main characters in the comics are detectives Drew Foster and Kara Vaughn, partners on beauty crime cases who have to find their way past corrupt politicians, vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads.Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ives and Ward acknowledge that Cruise did bring GM access to technology that has helped improve safety features across its broader lineup and helped attract top software engineers to the automaker.Jamie L. LaReau, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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These were Arabic names for torture techniques repeated to me by Syrians who had been jailed during the regime crackdown on the anti-government uprising that erupted across the country in 2011.Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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The upcoming move looms in the background for much of an episode that is otherwise framed around a wedding celebration of Bandit's brother Radley to Frisky.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most are at or around the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) or the Venetian Expo, formerly the Sands Expo, and connected to the Venetian Hotel.Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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But clearly some basic logical errors can still slip through.Billy Perrigo, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The nautilus video commentary is worth listening to all the way through.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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What else is going on The future of California’s decades-long dream of a high-speed rail is again under threat as a Trump administration redux looms.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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But again, that was five and, in some cases, six decades ago.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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But Kudrow gets to have hilarious scenes with Cardellini, going full bore throughout, and some good material with Leary, who isn’t miscast so much as his character is perplexingly underwritten, and with Chloe East as the couple’s daughter.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Characters change too, or seem to change, throughout.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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