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overall

[oh-ver-awl, oh-ver-awl] / ˈoʊ vərˈɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌɔl /




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By comparison, overall inflation over the same period was around 16%.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The single’s accompanying album, “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” was an overall pop-forward collection that signified the group’s commercial breakthrough and even earned two Grammy nominations in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The overall rate of inflation tends to slow down once oil prices taper off.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The world is still on track to grow overall gross domestic product, but oil demand is expected to fall, according to the International Energy Agency.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The overall correlation was now down to .11, which for all intents and purposes means that the students’ evaluations had almost nothing at all to do with the experts’ evaluations.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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