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overall

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




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The National Bank of Cambodia said that while it was aware of what it called isolated cases of borrowers facing difficulties, they shouldn’t be generalized to the overall microfinance sector in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Perhaps unspurprisingly, splitting a bill equally tends to encourage people to order more, or plump for the caviar and lobster, boosting the overall final bill for everyone.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

For the overall economy, Flight maintains, large, simpler models may be more “cost-effective and productivity-augmenting,” so he predicts a “bifurcation” between everyday AI usage and frontier models.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

But the ships that made it through carried just a few million barrels per day—barely enough to change the overall global market.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Hollingsworth billed it as an overall guide to helping modern young housewives create a peaceful, optimistic, and sanitary household.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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