overworks

Definition of overworksnext
present tense third-person singular of overwork
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Verb
  • Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mechanism of action Cisplatin exerts its effects by interacting directly with DNA.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • The governor exerts much control over education priorities through the state budget.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s important, since many people make the mistake—both in the gym and daily life—of shrugging their shoulders up to their ears, which overuses the upper traps and elevates the scapula.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Slot is a good communicator who tries to properly answer every question, slipping in the occasional attempt at humour.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Din tries to simply hand the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, but this isn't an option.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • The video shows the religious leader begging the Lebanese Army not to withdraw from southern Lebanon, as Israel invades.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Acute myeloid leukemia begins in the bone marrow and typically invades the bloodstream thereafter, according to the American Cancer Society.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Chapter amendments narrowed the scope considerably, giving the RAISE Act a cleaner threshold case than SB 53, but the cost analysis turns almost entirely on how the oversight body exercises rulemaking authority, a structural risk the bill does not constrain.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • Whether or not the mayor exercises that power is subjective, Bounds said.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.
    Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.
    Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The 27-year-old’s withdrawal further entrenches Jonas Vingegaard’s status as the overwhelming favourite — bidding to become the only active rider to have won all three Grand Tours — having only taken victory at the Vuelta by one minute and 16 seconds over the Portuguese rider.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Gerrymandering reduces electoral competition, entrenches incumbents and marginalizes whole communities, ultimately eroding public trust in democracy.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Overworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overworks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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