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Recent Examples of overhead
Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Something as innocent as spreading woodchips on flowerbeds or piling firewood by a back wall can be calamitous when burning leaves and bark are floating overhead.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
By his calculations, there could be 2,000 to 3,000 jobs eliminated in the state as the result of the new NIH policy on administrative and overhead costs.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
Facilitators are entrusted with tailoring lessons to each child’s unique developmental needs and interests, without the overhead of mandated standardized testing.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adverb
This is a world of untamed wilderness, home to hippos that wade through the reeds, fish eagles that circle overhead and fishermen who paddle their dugout canoes with a cautious eye on the water.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Something as innocent as spreading woodchips on flowerbeds or piling firewood by a back wall can be calamitous when burning leaves and bark are floating overhead.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Today, when a scientist at Johns Hopkins University receives an NIH grant for a project — say, $1 million a year — the university receives an additional 55%, or $550,000, to cover overhead costs.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
By his calculations, there could be 2,000 to 3,000 jobs eliminated in the state as the result of the new NIH policy on administrative and overhead costs.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
The water was much clearer there, and the sky overhead was suddenly brighter.
—Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
Facilitators are entrusted with tailoring lessons to each child’s unique developmental needs and interests, without the overhead of mandated standardized testing.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead
Adverb
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This would eventually trend upward until an all-out bidding war took the final number to nearly $800 million.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Gold is for war, and bitcoin for flight, so expect gold to trend upward over the next few years.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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First of all, the cost wasn’t exorbitant in my mind, especially given that there was double salary retention between the Boston Bruins and New Jersey on Frederic. Frederic, who can play both center and wing, brings a physical element that the Oilers were sorely lacking.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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But inflation continues to be a persistent problem, with some economists predicting tariffs could raise prices more, and the cost of eggs have skyrocketed amid the prevalence of avian flu.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Federal investigators have twice before visited Dolton’s Village Hall in search of documents, including expense reimbursements and other payments made to Mayor Tiffany Henyard.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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In all three countries, restaurants may soon be paying more for ingredients and passing along the expense.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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This gave us a point where the edge of each anchor should be on the joist above.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Listen to the full interview with Lowes on Fake Doctors, Real Friends With Zach and Donald above.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Other sports properties that traffic in high volumes of pharma bucks include the NBA, which accounts for 1.1% of the segment’s total outlay, or just shy of $56 million, MLB ($48.4 million), college football ($46.3 million) and men’s college basketball ($41.2 million).—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Russia’s war economy is showing strains, with 10 percent inflation, sky-high interest rates and sputtering economic growth, despite gargantuan state defense outlays.—
Paul Sonne,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Others held orange balloons aloft then released them into the sky.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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The dad-of-two embraced his youngest son and held him aloft before the life-changing surgery.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Getting to that advanced level requires a lot of very expensive investment and R&D. SMIC spent about $7.5 billion in 2024 on capital expenditure, roughly the same level as the year before, and about as much as the chipmaker expects to spend this year.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune Asia,
4 Mar. 2025
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Higher refining costs could squeeze profit margins for U.S. refiners, potentially leading to lower capital expenditures, delayed maintenance schedules, and even job reductions in refinery-dependent regions.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Rodriguez played 38 snaps before his season was over.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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The days of pushing policies purely for commission are over.—
Marc Rogers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Overhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhead. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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