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overall

[oh-ver-awl, oh-ver-awl] / ˈoʊ vərˈɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌɔl /




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Amazon said the documents reflected one team’s perspective, not its overall hiring strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Despite the zippy performance of the premium segment, overall underlying price-mix slowed a little to 1.8%, compared with the 2.8% booked in the year’s first half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Firstly, as expected, it was a much smaller Budget in overall tax and spending terms than plenty of recent ones have been.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Here, she’s also running the campaign for the Joint List, an alliance of Arab parties that could have some determining influence in the overall election outcome.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

I focused on my eyes at first, surprised by the thick line under my lashes, but the overall look was warm and clear, maybe even pretty.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Five people wearing white overalls were examining the tracks and taking photographs, AFP saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Girls and women dress in ankle-length skirts or overalls, wearing their hair loosely covered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

At lunchtime, the prisoners in navy overalls file into the dining hall with heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Smitty stood up and brushed something off his overalls.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson


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