overage

Example Sentences

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That allowance was made to account for a small overage that may help ensure that patients don’t run out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Hamlet, it is explained after his death, was an overage film student pursuing “an over-budget period film noir piece of crap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Men's Olympic squads are made up of under-23s players, with up to three overage players allowed, while women's squads have no age restrictions.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

It wasn’t immediately clear Thursday how much more in overage pay the district would have to spend under the union’s proposal, since they did not include cost estimates.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

To their dismay, the teenage leaders found their troops shockingly out of shape, overage, undisciplined, and less than enthusiastic.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti