as in main
coming before all others in importance
a matter that should be given overmastering priority by the incoming administration
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as in overwhelming
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overmastering
Adjective
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The Bills will very likely want to find someone who can offer more versatility somewhere else while being their main returner, and running back might be the best place to find one.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025 -
These kinds of breaches often happen quietly, exposing large amounts of customer information without touching a company’s main systems.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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That’s overwhelming even for the most experienced investor.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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An adventurous mix of fabrics brings warmth to the primary suite, without overwhelming the space.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The first 27 operational satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network lifted off from Florida's Space Coast on Monday evening, the opening salvo in a challenge to SpaceX's dominant Starlink global Internet service.—
Alex Goy,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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Arizona Cardinals First pick: DT Walter Nolen The Cardinals took some big swings, starting with Nolen, who can be dominant on his best snaps and complements the team’s free-agent signings of edges Josh Sweat and Baron Browning.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The two main red grapes here are Syrah and Grenache, with Syrah the predominant variety in the north and Grenache holding first place in the south, where it is also blended with other grapes including Mourvèdre, Carignan, and Cinsault.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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For citizenship behavior, relationship quality was the predominant mediator.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lawmakers passed a new law this year that will make firing squads the state's primary method of execution, starting next year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Testers considered performance across four primary categories: efficacy, texture and experience, fragrance, and packaging.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Naeem Ghauri,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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This return to immigration law-and-order was the foremost promise of his 2024 campaign.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The British royals briefly greeted onlookers after attending an Easter service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, an important fixture in the 76-year-old monarch's calendar as Charles serves as supreme governor of the Church of England.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Argentinian national was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, when he was elected the Catholic Church's 266th supreme pontiff -- and the first ever from Latin America -- on March 13, 2013, replacing the retiring Pope Benedict XVI.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Stablecoins, providing stability, traceability, auditability, and yield (income) potential for institutional players and customers alike, look well positioned to play a leading role in crypto banking growth moving forward.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The student played a leading role in last year’s campus protests about the rising death toll in Gaza in Israel’s war against Hamas and the university’s investment ties to Israel, acting as a mediator between Columbia administrators and student protesters.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Overmastering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmastering. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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