overhauling

verb

present participle of overhaul
as in catching
to move fast enough to get even with in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading

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Recent Examples of overhauling Improving your cholesterol doesn't have to mean overhauling your diet. — Jennifer Berger, Verywell Health, 22 June 2026 What to change first If overhauling a room feels like one more decision your nervous system can’t take, start narrow. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 Target has been concentrating on overhauling its fashions. — CBS News, 15 June 2026 Bending Spoons' key focus is acquiring troubled tech companies and overhauling them. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 And this is where leadership can shift from managing behavior to developing capacity, without overhauling the organization to do so. — Leeza Carlone Steindorf, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Congress could move toward overhauling this outdated law – for example, by allowing states to seek waivers from ERISA’s constraints. — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 There are numerous other startups exploring AI’s applications in the physical world, from training world models to drive policies for robotics, to overhauling manufacturing with more robust and capable automation. — ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has redefined the department’s public posture around slogans of lethality and aggression while overhauling everything from the military’s chain of command to its integration of artificial intelligence into targeting and battlefield decision-making. — Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhauling
  1. catching
  2. overtaking
  3. chasing
  4. pursuing
Verb
  • But this year, the city is catching a little guff over an apparent oversight.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • And that job is made all the more difficult when catching for two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who holds himself and his teammates to very high standards.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of catching
Verb
  • Mbappé stepped up in the 70th minute and duly converted for his seventh goal of the tournament – overtaking Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race due to his assist total.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • The stock surged for several successive days following a record-breaking IPO, briefly overtaking both Amazon and Microsoft in terms of market cap and rising more than 60% on the initial share offering price of $135.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Definition of overtaking
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  • Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • While future modeling gigs are up in the air, the brothers said that their priority is pursuing music.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Rather than pursuing one clear objective, Mars has the strength, energy and mental capacity to entertain several ideas, conversations and conflicts simultaneously when transiting this Air sign.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of pursuing

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