overage
Example Sentences
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That allowance was made to account for a small overage that may help ensure that patients don’t run out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Hamlet, it is explained after his death, was an overage film student pursuing “an over-budget period film noir piece of crap.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
Men's Olympic squads are made up of under-23s players, with up to three overage players allowed, while women's squads have no age restrictions.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024
Instead, the Portland Association of Teachers has proposed a significant increase in the overage pay that teachers receive when the number of students in their classroom, or in their caseload, exceeds a certain threshold.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
“Everyone here’s overage, Potter, and they’re all prepared to take the risk.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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