- present participle of overwhelm.
overwhelming
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Brokerages that cater to those traders anticipate an overwhelming number of takers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The scientific evidence of climate change is overwhelming.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
This is largely because exorcism as a modern practice has been shaped by evangelical influences: The overwhelming majority of exorcisms today are done by Pentecostals.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
And much of the burden fell on Meenakshi Parikh, the dean, who had to keep the medical college functioning even as it grappled with overwhelming grief.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
As described by William Julius Wilson in his book When Work Disappears, the overwhelming majority of African Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded schools lacking basic resources.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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