overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
are overlooking
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present progressiveof overlook.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Markets are overlooking the potential upside boost to earnings prospects for investment banks that volatile markets and heavy new equity issuance may provide in the coming months.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
While shares face pressure over AI’s impact on long-term terminal value, the analysts say investors are overlooking GoDaddy’s proprietary data and its imminent shift into an AI infrastructure provider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Both factors are negative for gold and further raise the question of whether investors in gold anticipate a major market turmoil that stock investors are overlooking.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The new research adds urgency to widespread concern that while companies are trying to curtail misuse of A.I., they are overlooking ways it can still generate harmful material.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
You are overlooking one thing, Excellency, and that the most important.
From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd
