as in to outstay
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Recent Examples of overstay
This exemption obligates the IRS to assist law enforcement in the pursuit of criminals and will be used against any migrant who has overstayed for more than 90 days as part of the carveout.
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Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
That stretch makes up the bulk of the movie, which at a neat 95 or so minutes was clearly made with the awareness that the worst thing a film like this could do is overstay its welcome.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Many had overstayed visas, often after working in the United States for years and applying to stay but being denied.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
But overstaying one’s welcome also risks unseemliness.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
That stretch makes up the bulk of the movie, which at a neat 95 or so minutes was clearly made with the awareness that the worst thing a film like this could do is overstay its welcome.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Many had overstayed visas, often after working in the United States for years and applying to stay but being denied.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
But overstaying one’s welcome also risks unseemliness.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
Verb
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The overbearing Dawn, who has outstayed her welcome in what was supposed to be a temporary lockdown solution, is not Joe’s only headache at home.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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That’s because there will be periods of heavy rain and a mass of lingering unstable and humid air swirling about South Florida.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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The finish is long and sweet, with lingering notes of peat smoke, honey, vanilla, and a hint of oak spice.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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AeroVironment might be considered the incumbents, long established suppliers of small drones to the U.S. army and makers of the Switchblade series of loitering munitions supplied to Ukraine.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The abundance of new-generation technology, particularly cheap drones and loitering munitions, might initially suggest more precision targeting and less human cost.—
Mujib Mashal,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Back in Lisbon, Magellan meets and marries Beatriz (Angela Azevedo), though she’s largely left to wait and wilt as her husband remains faithful above all to the waves.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Not to wait for a national awakening — but to live into it.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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