overflow
Example Sentences
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In addition, Calpers maintains investment authority over a so-called overflow fund.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Their findings suggest that inside lysosomes, this channel acts like an overflow valve, preventing the environment from becoming too acidic.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Municipal meetings overflow with complaints, and local officials do what they can to push back.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
Residents are being evacuated in trucks and horse-drawn carriages as overflow from the Loukkos River floods a neighbourhood in northern Morocco.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
An hour passed before we finally tied Mom’s paintings on the top of the car, shoved whatever would fit into the trunk, and piled the overflow on the backseat and the car floor.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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