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as in to overuse
to use so much as to make less appealing seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week

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Recent Examples of overexpose Her credibility as a media creator is under intense scrutiny with every project to date being labeled superficial and/or overexposed. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025 This was coupled with his noticing that many plate images were blurry, and therefore were overexposed. Big Think, 13 Mar. 2025 But if it is allowed to fade into irrelevance, or overexposed to the point of consumer indifference, the steep costs may not be worth it. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025 Some fans feel the Chiefs are overexposed, from all of the winning to Mahomes and Reid’s many commercials to Kelce’s high-profile relationship with Taylor Swift. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overexpose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexpose
Verb
  • Anyone who overuses or overextends one of these muscles can end up with pain in the back of their knee.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 11 May 2025
  • Similar to coffee grounds, tea can be overused as a fertilizer.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.
    Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 2 June 2017
Verb
  • The agency did not answer written questions about the cuts, but in a statement referred to the slogan popularized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now the health secretary: Make America Healthy Again.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • It was created and popularized in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Their sons’ bodies are simultaneously privileged within the space of football and stereotyped as more mature, dangerous, and threatening in the real world outside of sport.
    Essence, Essence, 9 May 2025
  • Of course, dark-skinned Black women are historically stereotyped as aggressive even though Doechii’s urgent asks are relatively inoffensive in the grand scheme of celebrity misbehavior.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • This work has taught Russell that there isn’t any need to overdo it.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Yet abroad, Germans are still caricatured as Nazis, and the remembrance culture plays a part by overdoing it.
    Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • The board expects to establish authorize another buyback once the existing share repurchase is exhausted.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
  • Under the proposal, an undergrad must exhaust their federal loan eligibility before parents can borrow PLUS loans to cover any remaining costs.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • During a recent cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump’s then national security adviser, Mike Waltz, must have been bored.
    Micah Lee, Wired News, 18 May 2025
  • The darkly satirical movie is set on a long-haul flight between England and Australia where the entertainment system fails, and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025

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“Overexpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexpose. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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