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overly

[oh-ver-lee] / ˈoʊ vər li /


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“Campbell-ytics”: Overly aggressive play-calling while completely ignoring the catastrophic consequences to a team’s momentum when it doesn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

"Overly broad, unilateral controls risk harming the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem without advancing national security," the group said.

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2023

The AR technology was provided by Latvian software firm Overly.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

Overly conscious of his deficiencies, he signed up for classes at the New York Academy of Art.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Overly pessimistic views of coma patients are also inaccurate because people may assume that all such patients are destined to die without emerging from their coma or live with severe disability.

From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2022




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