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Recent Examples of overhead
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Instead, the change will show up overhead.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Passengers would also be prohibited from stowing them out of sight in overhead bins, per the memo.
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Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 June 2026
Cut to Johnson attempting an overhead serve with his pickleball partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen) halting him mid leap and correcting his serve to underhand.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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Adverb
Lightning forks overhead while the sky blue shirts fall around him.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Instead, the change will show up overhead.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Adjective
Pick these up to woo the guests of your next dinner party, or just to woo yourself when the overhead light becomes too overstimulating.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Passengers would also be prohibited from stowing them out of sight in overhead bins, per the memo.
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Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Noun
Regular mobility work can improve your comfort during everyday activities, such as bending down to tie your shoes or reaching overhead to grab something from a high shelf.
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Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 June 2026
Cut to Johnson attempting an overhead serve with his pickleball partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen) halting him mid leap and correcting his serve to underhand.
—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead
Adverb
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Shortly after giving his team a temporary lead on Monday, the athlete put his hands over his face before looking up at the sky and pointing upward, as shown in a video shared by Fox Sports.
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Nonpartisan budget analysts previously projected the state would see budget holes upward of $20 billion each year in the next few years.
Adjective
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In the accompanying photo, Fleetwood and his new bride, Elizabeth Jordan lean into one another, cheekily posing behind Fleetwood's upheld fedora.
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Guest conductor Edward Gardner, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, was obviously frustrated when even his upheld hands couldn’t stop the applause.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The dimension that does the most good is the one leaders are most reluctant to give, because choice costs authority while enjoyment costs only money.
Adverb
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The wearable uses an open-ear headset equipped with four speakers positioned around each ear—at the front, back, above, and below.
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The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
Adjective
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Like the full flagships, the FE is getting a raised camera bump similar to what’s been installed on the Galaxy Z Fold series for a couple of generations now.
Noun
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Everyone on the trip can collaborate to build the perfect itinerary, easily share flight details, create checklists, and keep track of expenses and who owes what.
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MetLife is poised to lead the industry in margin expansion (20–25 bps annually) by keeping expense growth firmly below revenue gains.
Adverb
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Bucks will regrow their antlers every year ahead of mating season, and then shed them during the late winter, after mating season is over, according to Mississippi State University.
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Many experts have cautioned against the dangers of over-intervening during delivery; at the same time, the availability of clinical care, when properly deployed, has clearly saved countless lives.
Adjective
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The lighter marking on her chest between the upraised front legs showed where her heart lay beneath that silvery coat.
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Imagery was multiplied to tell a story—the stentorian Mussolini, with his upraised chin and bald head, delivering a speech, or Hitler, with his toothbrush mustache, gesticulating.
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“Overhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhead. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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