as in soaring
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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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While size representation edged upward on paper, conversations throughout the season were dominated by the return of extreme body ideals, which don’t necessarily show up in our data.
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But some worms, like the lugworm, defy gravity and poo upwards.
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.
Noun
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Trump tied this regular seasonal sale to his claims that his administration lowered costs for consumers, from gas prices to eggs.
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Roberts said his product would be less expensive on a per-square-foot basis than traditional construction but declined to cite figures because individual site conditions affect the overall cost.
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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The results include deducted one-off expenses for employee bonus provisions.
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Since Calleja’s near-fatal fall, over $42,000 ($61,000 AUD) has been donated to a fundraiser organized by his football club to help cover medical expenses.
Adverb
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About 93 million people registered to vote in 2023, though just over a quarter ultimately cast ballots for the presidency.
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By his late thirties, though, Melville’s career as a fiction writer was essentially over.
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 7 Jul. 2026.
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