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Example Sentences

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Bolivia’s recent protests show how overly optimistic those predictions might have been, according to political analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“Let me tell you something: The music is not enough,” he says in reference to competing in today’s overly saturated musical landscape.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

This, of course, is an example of a Rube Goldberg machine—an overly complex mechanism that performs a simple task.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The third reason AI worsens investors’ latent action bias: AI models tend to overly agree with users.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

But it was also a risk to be overly cautious.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple