overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
has overwritten
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present perfectof overwrite (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And this has overwritten a place where ideas once bubbled up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2019
In the 19 years since Columbia’s creation and the setting of the game, Comstock’s marketing campaign has overwritten what was clearly a savvy piece of cross-branding.
From Forbes ● Apr. 1, 2013
Mr. Fielding has overwritten himself, or rather under- written; and in his own journal seems ashamed of his last piece; and has promised that the same Muse shall write no more for him.
From Fielding by Austin Dobson
