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overhang

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang] / ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ /


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But if it also wins 13 electorate races, then parliament creates an extra, overhang seat for it, pushing up its total to 121.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Subway cars and burned-out streets don’t require much in the way of elaborate illustration for the overhang of menace to be felt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk to slow the rate of artificial-intelligence development are the latest overhang on fast-growing tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

But neither Enflame nor its fellow GPU makers have yet to turn a sustainable profit, creating an overhang for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Haint blue,” Aunt Rose said, pointing to the pale blue painted on the underside of the porch’s overhang.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Remaining overhangs on branded GLP-1 uptake, namely injectable supply and pricing dynamics, “were largely resolved last year,” analysts wrote in a lengthy research note on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Oracle has also managed to clear overhangs about its AI-funding plans with its announcement last month of a $50 billion debt-and-equity raise for 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

I passed the bridge of Pélissier, where the ravine, which the river forms, opened before me, and I began to ascend the mountain that overhangs it.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

Note how the wheels of the S5 do not extend to the vertical edge of the wheel wells but are rather overhung slightly by the wheel arches, making them look smaller—and weaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022

Inside, fruit trees overhung a small, warm pool; saddles and bridles stored nearby gave the humid room a pleasantly horsy smell.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021

It was a dead-end road overhung with alders; they could see no other homes.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

“But once that technical overhanging is gone, I believe it’s going to trade at a premium, or at least at NAV.”

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The cave has a skylight on the Moon’s surface, leading down to vertical and overhanging walls, and a sloping floor that might extend further underground.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024

That was the central question overhanging CinemaCon 2024, the annual convention bringing together Hollywood studios and multiplex operators in Las Vegas this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The moss was thick on the overhanging trees and the light of every star was extinguished in the leafy chapel through which Ben and Mary Anne walked home.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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