overthrows 1 of 2

plural of overthrow

overthrows

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of overthrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrows
Verb
  • Implementing more change than an organization needs unnecessarily complicates processes, overwhelms employees and increases costs.
    Manoj Balraj, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This method overwhelms the media and exhausts many Americans who cannot easily absorb so much information at once.
    Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During the losing streak there have been competitive losses to elite teams, as well as a home overtime loss to the Knicks two weeks ago before the start of the skid.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
  • But just as the Sens still have work to do to cement their place, so do the Leafs, who are now third in the Atlantic Division after five losses in their last six games.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Competing in a high-speed, high-pressure environment taught me to make the quick decisions necessary to grow a company while remaining strong in the face of setbacks.
    Tom Dunlop, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But their efforts weren’t enough for Maryland (11-4, 1-3 Big Ten), which left the Pacific time zone with back-to-back setbacks after getting surprised by Washington, 75-69, on Thursday night.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • By this point in the book’s life, its status as an exemplar of fiction that upends expectations tips the reader off that there’s something unusual about it.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In this way, Bon upends conventional thought to ask what if concrete infrastructure supports nature rather than suppressing it?
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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