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

Sevilla's Loic Bade is another overage inclusion, along with Crystal Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta, who is the only Premier League player in the squad.

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