overuse
Example Sentences
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"Tendons are fundamentally susceptible to overuse," explains Jess Snedeker, a professor of orthopaedic biomechanics at ETH Zurich and Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
The funding package also comes as new data shows that telehealth services do not result in overuse of medical services, which may help allay concerns about runaway usage and funding problems.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026
But the naked eye tells that this was an overuse of force.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026
The evidence of the damage from cellphone overuse among the young is piling up, and it’s encouraging to see positive results when they’re kept out of school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The fourth subsection covers issues having to do with excessive abstraction, including overuse of nominalizations and passives.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
