over the years

idiom

: during several/some/many years
The camp has changed a lot over the years.

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Kim and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner family have made their mark as Halloween costume connoisseurs over the years. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025 The Raptors crowd, generally decked out in red, black, gold, purple, white and some of the other colours the Raptors have featured over the years, sported far more blue than usual on Friday. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 My weight would go up and down over the years. Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025 And the advent of consumer DNA products has led to numerous claims of fertility fraud over the years. Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for over the years

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“Over the years.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20years. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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