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overhang

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang] / ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ /


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Calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk to slow the rate of artificial-intelligence development are the latest overhang on fast-growing tech stocks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

There was a hint of funkiness in the field, albeit an overhang from Root's first spell as captain.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Using an 18-base overhang, the researchers achieved a joining efficiency of 44%.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

The other big overhang at PJM is the lack of rules around data centers that plan to “co-locate” next to existing power plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Mami let go our hands and ran under the roof overhang, where water fell in a thick stream.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

“We acknowledge these overhangs but note that Netflix has successfully navigated similar periods of skepticism,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The gains have come despite increasing complexity with supply chain overhangs from the pandemic, changing environmental regulations, and the AI craze.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Under the proposal, residents would not be allowed to plant anything within a 1-foot “Safety Zone” around the home, including beneath roof overhangs; two feet from windows, vents and doors and five feet from decks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2026

To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2025

Betsy Aurnou, climbing with wraparound shades and fabric completely covering her face, carried Fritos and Vitalyte, and referred to the occasional slivers of shadow beneath overhung cliffs as “shade opportunities.”

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2023

Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.

From Scientific American Apr. 1, 2022

“From here, it only gets better,” Miller said, looking upstream at the sparkling river, overhung with a deep forest.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2020

It was so steep and overhung that it proved impossible to climb out of it again, either forwards or backwards, without leaving their ponies and their baggage behind.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

“But once that technical overhanging is gone, I believe it’s going to trade at a premium, or at least at NAV.”

From Barron's May 1, 2026

"Unfortunately, due to where she was, we were unable to airlift her out due to the length and the wind conditions and the overhanging trees, so winching out wasn't an option."

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

That was the central question overhanging CinemaCon 2024, the annual convention bringing together Hollywood studios and multiplex operators in Las Vegas this week.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2024

The air whirred with the wingbeats of weaverbirds, flashing bright yellow as they fussed over their funneled nests in branches overhanging the water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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