overseas

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Recent Examples of overseas The king will then continue to the island of Bermuda to undertake his first royal visit as monarch to a British overseas territory. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 The taxis in Wuhan are operated by Baidu, a major Chinese internet and AI company that is expanding its Apollo Go robotaxi business to overseas locations in Europe and the Mideast. Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Truck manufacturers have gleaned from that experience, and are now starting to expand to overseas markets like EV makers before them. Xiaoying You, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026 Since the war’s outbreak, local media has reported fuel prices have skyrocketed in the country—which according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation relies on overseas suppliers for more than 80 percent of its petrol, diesel, and jet fuel. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas
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  • At the Whitney Biennial and long-standing international exhibitions such as Documenta, SITE Santa Fe, the Carnegie International, and the Venice Biennale, art leads social discourse.
    Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Daniel’s is also the only restaurant in the United States that has hosted the prestigious international Rare Tour, once with Rockwell Steakhouse from Australia and more recently with Spain’s Laia Erretegia.
    Connie Ogle April 2, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In food preparation and serving jobs, another major employer of immigrants, the share of workers who were foreign-born rose from about 22% to more than 25% over the same period.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Care at home is even more dependent upon immigrants, with around 1 in 3 home health workers foreign-born.
    Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The map, as a window into an exotic otherworld and a symbol of Habsburg might, had become an independent reality, even though Tenochtitlan itself had been reduced to rubble — or rather precisely because of it.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
  • These recipes reflected the growing influence of the spice trade, which brought exotic ingredients into European kitchens.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • This film is about the government ordering the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies to maximize economic productivity.
    Adam Bell April 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And to look at a distant, standardized class of object (most often type Ia supernovae) in the Universe that can be observed at a variety of distances to extrapolate how the Universe has expanded over the timespan that the light has traveled from those objects to our eyes.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Final Four is in sigh For many hopeful young athletes, the chance to play for a national championship no longer feels like a far-off dream.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Pink noise is considered balanced and consistent (think of a far-off waterfall) though not as mid-range as green noise.
    Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.
    Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The cave system was significantly impacted by construction of the Maya Train under former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, intended to connect Tulum and other tourist destinations to remote areas.
    Ryan Brennan April 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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
Adjective
  • Live Nation Entertainment is an American multinational entertainment company formed in 2010 through the merger of Live Nation, a major concert promoter and venue operator, and Ticketmaster Entertainment.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle rose in premarket trading on Wednesday as the multinational tech conglomerate looks to cut thousands of jobs to free up cash to build AI data center infrastructure.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseas. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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