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overdue

[oh-ver-doo, -dyoo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu, -ˈdju /


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Board Chair E. Joaquin Esquivel called it a “modernized regulatory approach” and a “generational shift that is long overdue in the way we manage the Bay-Delta.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

While investors have praised the reforms as long overdue, ordinary Nigerians have suffered soaring inflation as fuel and other costs skyrocketed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

But such changes were long overdue since those checks amounted to censorship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

That’s what Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday evening in Texas, as he commenced a dramatic livestreamed spectacle: Tesla’s new Roadster, almost a decade overdue, was going to fly!

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

When I had been in the demons’ country for over two years, Uncle sent me to make the rounds among some of our regular customers in the Tang people’s town to collect overdue bills.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep


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