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overshadow

[oh-ver-shad-oh] / ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ /


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Such a résumé can overshadow his distinction as a bandleader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“The Oct. 7 events certainly overshadow these elections,” said Tamar Hermann, a pollster and senior fellow at the institute who led the poll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Anthropic’s investors are reportedly expecting the artificial-intelligence lab to go public next quarter — and overshadow SpaceX’s initial public offering.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Sandisk stock was falling early Thursday after a disappointing outlook from the memory maker seemed to overshadow strong fourth-quarter results.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Doreen didn’t look much better, but the exuberance of her entry was enough to overshadow any haggardness.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

"When you have two quarks produced, the problem is that, when the two quarks go in opposite directions, the one quark overshadows the wake of the second quark," Lee says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“It’s a big week, but Nvidia overshadows everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

While El Barbry's income is growing, Willment explains the success of streamers who have built audiences "overshadows" the fact that "thousands, if not millions of people" are earning nothing, trying to break through.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The Newton of rhetoric—the one person whose work in this department overshadows the whole history of the subject—was, of course, Aristotle.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

In fact, vehicles seem almost like "an afterthought", overshadowed by the potential to combine the Tesla and SpaceX's tech capabilities, Nicholson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

GB's preparations for the championships have been overshadowed by Matt Richardson's withdrawal from the squad amid reports he is under investigation for misconduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The tech selloff overshadowed what Wall Street had initially read as an important inflation report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Within hours, the AI breakthrough was overshadowed by fears that AI could destroy humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

El Patron hadn’t loved him, but the emotion the old man had given him was just as strong: the will to live, to put out branches until he overshadowed the whole forest.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Leveraged ETFs and their siblings, inverse funds, are risky, and their frenzied proliferation that kicked into overdrive 2025 may be overshadowing their big jump in closures this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

"I can no longer get my message out because another debate is overshadowing everything else," Wegner said Friday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Growing expectations of Fed interest-rate hikes are overshadowing signs of progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The Dodgers’ recent bullpen problems persisted in a 6-4 loss Sunday, overshadowing a bounce-back effort from Emmet Sheehan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Nowhere had I to stand, no way of climbing, the root and bole being far below, and far above my head the branches and their leaves, massed, overshadowing Kharybdis pool.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer


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