overage

Example Sentences

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At the time, that was considerable overage for us.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

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

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

The threshold that triggers overage pay is 26 students at grades 1-3, and 28 students at grades 4-5 and grade 6 in K-8 schools.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

He imposed obligatory military service for men over eighteen, declared to be public property any animals walking the streets after six in the evening, and made men who were overage wear red armbands.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez