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Recent Examples of overhead
Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Bright meteors and fireballs, very bright meteors, frequently streak across the night sky, creating a path of light and color overhead.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adverb
Crews will complete work on the Riverfront Extension Project that requires a shutdown, like clipping wires and placing the overhead guide wire between Second and Third streets.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Some shots are stunning, especially one overhead of a huge but empty cafe where Doyle is the only customer, a perfect example of the loneliness this city produces, despite its fantastical promise of great wealth.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Bright meteors and fireballs, very bright meteors, frequently streak across the night sky, creating a path of light and color overhead.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
On Wednesday, as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims spoke outside the Capitol, pleading for government candor, fighter jets roared overhead, briefly drowning her out.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead
Adverb
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A touch of piano and pedal steel guitar bracket verses that swing upward to meet a chorus steeped in Sheeran’s authentically raw vocals.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Studies have found that those working upward of 52 hours a week experience declines in processing speed, memory consolidation and emotional regulation.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Year-round book sales ended in 2025 due to stocking costs.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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The jury saw extensive emails between Donna and Wendi that showed how Donna pushed Wendi to pursue relocation to South Florida at any cost, including offering her ex-husband $1 million and taunting him with the possibility of converting their kids from Judaism to Catholicism.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ocasio-Cortez reported the travel expense shortly after a one-day Salt Lake City rally with Sanders.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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For the tax year 2025, the standard mileage rate is 21 cents per mile driven for moving expenses.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That means the state could lift the mandate for the four vaccines listed above as soon as December.—
Michelle Marchante
September 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Like the trees above, dusty miller’s sparkle shines through its foliage, not its blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The rash may begin as small, flat, round discolorations that become raised and fluid-filled (clear or pus) before scabbing.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2022
Noun
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The Anfield club’s £400million-plus outlay was not only a club record but a world one.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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To put the outlay into context, Liverpool alone have spent nearly as much as Ligue 1, LaLiga and the Bundesliga, three of Europe’s traditional big five leagues.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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After winning a bronze in Swedish massage, Cool Raúl Rodriguez Hernandez glowed with pride and held his Cuban flag aloft.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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If a bird glides down more slowly than the air is rising, the rising air keeps it aloft.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, the high capital expenditure required to fund its expansion could reduce cash flow and highlights the financial risks involved in its ambitious plans.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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City staffers will flag the council with an expenditures report when there’s $50,000 remaining in the defense fund, officials said, which is open to outside donations.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Overhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhead. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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