as in to outstay
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Recent Examples of overstay
No one player ever overstays their welcome, including Jamie, who isn’t even seen in the show’s devastating final episode that focuses on his family and parents.
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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Interior design trends come and go, and while some stand the test of time, others quickly overstay their welcome.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Many immigration violations, such as crossing the border or overstaying a visa, are categorized as civil offenses or criminal misdemeanors.
—Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
And a Palestinian woman who had been arrested during the protests at the university last April was arrested by federal immigration authorities in Newark, N.J., for overstaying her student visa.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
The Popular Interior Design Trend That’s Going Out Of Style
By
Soo Kim
Life and Trends Reporter
Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member
news article
0
Interior design trends come and go, and while some stand the test of time, others quickly overstay their welcome.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Many immigration violations, such as crossing the border or overstaying a visa, are categorized as civil offenses or criminal misdemeanors.
—Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
And a Palestinian woman who had been arrested during the protests at the university last April was arrested by federal immigration authorities in Newark, N.J., for overstaying her student visa.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
Verb
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Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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But at two hours, Islands outstays its welcome, allowing much of the tension to leak out of it in a protracted concluding stretch.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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And though a few dozen people left the dinner early to catch the end or start of various performances, which included Charli XCX and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, about half of the long table lingered after dessert to continue chatting with their tablemates.—
Ye Fan,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Still, memories of the show lingered in a few significant minds: both Stephen Sondheim and Fred Ebb felt its influence.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Security footage showed a male shooter in a red hoodie firing a handgun west on Illinois Street before fleeing. Hopkins, whose ward includes that block, told the Tribune a crowd of around 50 teens was loitering in the movie theater’s lobby before the shots rang out.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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In orbit, the spaceplane opens the doors to its cargo bay and extends a solar panel to produce electricity, allowing the X-37B to loiter in orbit for years.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
7 Mar. 2025
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IndieWire understands the festival was waiting to confirm Denzel Washington’s attendance, and indeed the star will be at Cannes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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The progress of this research has now been delayed while my lab waits on a crucial research grant that was supposed to start in February on finding new cures for pain.—
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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