overseas

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Recent Examples of overseas Washington must therefore not only offer a more attractive value proposition to its overseas partners. Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024 Loading your audio article Of all the overseas leaders avidly watching the U.S. election results, the two happiest were probably Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024 Cheap North American gas, by the way, gives the company a big edge over its overseas competitors. Brett Owens, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Both major parties expect court battles over voter rolls, mail-in ballots, and overseas ballots as polls show an incredibly tight contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overseas 
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  • Another airport, in Mérida, is in the final phases of a large-scale expansion set to double its domestic and international arrivals.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • These punishments are especially painful since North Korea’s economy has been severely strained by international sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic mismanagement.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The district’s population is heavily foreign-born, with nearly 2 of 5 residents being immigrants.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • By the numbers: About 11 million people or 27% of California's 2023 population was foreign-born, compared to about 14% nationally.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In August, a pair of mathematicians discovered an exotic, record-breaking curve.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Deeper within, the mantle and core are no longer gassy but instead rich with compressed exotic ices.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • And for those who were curious about the fact that the actor and the author share a last name, yes — the late writer is a distant relative.
    Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Sinema fell to a distant third in public polling before formally quitting the race in March.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Retirement can seem like a far-off fantasy for many, and something only the truly wealthy can ever look forward to achieving.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Since the new triple system includes a very far-off star, the system’s black hole was potentially born through that gentler direct collapse.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Don’t rely on maybes or the remote possibilities others suggest.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The report highlights a shift in consensus: Scientists once thought tipping points — like the collapse of AMOC — were distant or remote possibilities.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
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  • Bobby Bedi, one of India’s most successful film producers, unveiled a powerful multinational production slate ranging from dance documentary to soaring fantasy.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • After becoming Trump’s de facto campaign manager in 2022, Wiles kept on lobbying, this time for Mercury, a multinational public affairs and lobbying firm.
    Alan Suderman, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseas. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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