overlooks
Example Sentences
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Treating the Lawson criterion as a single unchanging threshold overlooks physical processes that can substantially alter the requirements for ignition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"I popped my head out of the back window which overlooks where I was parked and yeah, it was gone."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A scarecrow overlooks a field of corn at La Huerta de Cantua Creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Mao's face is printed on banknotes, his portrait overlooks Tiananmen Square, and his body is preserved in a mausoleum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Now there’s a trail to it from the road and a bench by it that overlooks the ocean, but when the artist carved it, there was none of that.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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