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as in to coat
to form a layer over
the butter should evenly overspread the baking pan
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Recent Examples of overspread
Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
Expect these warmer temperatures to begin overspreading the Ohio Valley and Mid-South, with at least above normal temperatures reaching the East Coast.
—Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
Snow will begin to wind down across the Cascades on Thursday, but will overspread portions of the northern Plains as the storm treks east.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
Current radar indicates snow is on track to overspread much of western MA & CT through 9-10 pm...into RI by 10-11 pm...and finally across eastern MA between 11 pm & 1 am.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
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Much cooler air will also begin to overspread the state during this time.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
Expect these warmer temperatures to begin overspreading the Ohio Valley and Mid-South, with at least above normal temperatures reaching the East Coast.
—Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
Snow will begin to wind down across the Cascades on Thursday, but will overspread portions of the northern Plains as the storm treks east.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
Current radar indicates snow is on track to overspread much of western MA & CT through 9-10 pm...into RI by 10-11 pm...and finally across eastern MA between 11 pm & 1 am.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
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Swirl to coat the bottom of the pan and add the sliced red onions.Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The volumising, panoramic mascara has a similar inky black appearance as the nail polish used at Marc Jacobs, but instead, a thick, contoured brush is used to sculpt and coat each lash.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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And their publication overlapped closely with a talking point pressed by Netanyahu at the time – that Israel needed to hold the Philadelphi corridor to secure a deal.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Or, in an abundance of caution, the IT team uses overlapping database queries to provide invoices to the sustainability team.Martha Amram, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Catch up quick: Bayou Phoenix plans to transform the overgrown site in New Orleans East into a bustling, $500 million complex with youth sports fields, hotels, shops, a movie studio and a waterpark.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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The two-story house boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms and is currently covered by a web of persistent vines; there’s also a separate guesthouse and pool, in addition to a (currently) overgrown garden.Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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Those forests cover the Front Range from just south of Interstate 70 to the Wyoming border.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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One of our colleagues who lives north of the park says that, this morning, the cars parked on her block were covered in a fine layer of sooty ash.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Overspread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspread. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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