OVERSEAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

overseas

adjective

Definition of overseas

as in international

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Recent Examples of overseas Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley There may still be questions about whether the romance between Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley was genuine, and their secret, quick-turn overseas wedding didn't help matters. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026 The investment also reflects a broader push across Europe to expand domestic chip manufacturing and reduce reliance on overseas production for strategically important technologies. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Current law protecting overseas voters requires that citizens abroad, including military, be sent their absentee ballots at least 45 days prior to the election. — Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 That means overseas taxpayers are not currently bound by the Third Circuit’s Murrin rule. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas

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Adjective

After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The Calabria governor confirmed that 63 Cuban doctors, some of them previously involved in Cuba’s international medical mission, recently applied to work in its healthcare system independently.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of international

Adjective

Six of the 26 players on the team, which will face Belgium in a World Cup elimination game Monday, are foreign-born.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Images from those strikes show miners of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds – white and Black, American- and foreign-born – wearing red bandanas.

— Catherine Simpson Bueker, The Conversation, 1 July 2026

Definition of foreign-born

Adjective

As the Coast Starlight approaches the Bay Area, the train glides past marshlands, open water, and distant city skylines before continuing toward California’s Central Coast.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
They were received by distant unknown relatives and made their way to Kensington, Illinois, a railroad community on Chicago’s South Side, historically tied to Calumet Junction and the industrial economy that helped shape the region.

— Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of distant

Adjective

Piano notes ring out to represent stars and far-off galaxies.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2026
That’s the state Supergirl is in when she is dragged into a local dispute on some far-off planet, defending the honor of an orphaned teenage girl, Ruthye (Eve Ridley); her parents were murdered by a brigand named Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of far-off

Adjective

Its bezel-less smart frame handles direct Apple AirPlay 2 and Google Cast streaming inputs, voice remote navigation commands, and instant private wireless headphone pairing.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
As more Florida seniors use wearables like continuous glucose monitors, remote blood pressure monitors, smartwatches and fitness trackers, concern grows about who has access to the data these devices collect.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Definition of remote

Adjective

Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.

— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024

Definition of nonindigenous

Adjective

The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational collection of urban search-and-rescue squads — known as USAR — that have become ubiquitous life-savers at epicenters of calamity across the globe.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Formula 1 now operates as a sophisticated soft-power environment where investors, founders, political leaders, engineers and multinational executives gather within a highly concentrated ecosystem of decision-making.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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