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as in to exert
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Recent Examples of overwork
Add remaining 1 cup buttermilk, and mix until combined into a shaggy dough that is just beginning to hold together—try not to overwork the dough.
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Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Last month, data from FIFPro and Football benchmark suggested players headed to the Club World Cup would be among the most overworked.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Being constantly under stress can essentially overwork certain parts of the brain.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
The team’s bullpen, quite simply, has been overworked through the first month-plus of the year, leading the majors by a wide margin with 157 innings pitched.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Last month, data from FIFPro and Football benchmark suggested players headed to the Club World Cup would be among the most overworked.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Being constantly under stress can essentially overwork certain parts of the brain.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
The team’s bullpen, quite simply, has been overworked through the first month-plus of the year, leading the majors by a wide margin with 157 innings pitched.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for overwork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overwork
Verb
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This work has taught Russell that there isn’t any need to overdo it.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Yet abroad, Germans are still caricatured as Nazis, and the remembrance culture plays a part by overdoing it.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Each individual gene involved in a polygenic trait may exert only a small influence on that trait.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Councilmember Yusef Salaam, who represents the area and exerts tremendous influence over whether or not One45 will pass in the Council, expressed myriad concerns about the project.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Ending consent decrees part of Trump's larger DOJ revamp Among Trump's allies in the law enforcement ranks, there are cheers among those who argue consent decrees micromanage departments and were overused by the previous administration.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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For example, one engineering company used AI agents to analyze workload distribution and identify areas where resources were being overused.—
Alex Circei,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Leafs still need to exercise caution, particularly in free agency, and not splurge just for the sake of it.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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This athletic boy loves toys and needs a family who can give him daily walks and exercise.—
Trish Stinger,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Two years later, he was tried again and found guilty of felony murder and second-degree kidnapping.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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The scenes of poor Pabst trying to help her while suffering the glare of her implacable egocentricity are perhaps the funniest—and, in some ways, the saddest—in the novel.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Kapoor essays the role of a cop who has been trying to catch the thief for a long time.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Akshay Kumar plays Nair while R Madhavan essays the role of his opposing lawyer in the film.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Overwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwork. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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