overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
are overwriting
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present progressiveof overwrite.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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We are overwriting a signal the body is already sending, and we’re doing it at scale, in millions of people, without a baseline measurement to tell us what we’re overwriting.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
