overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
have overwritten
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present perfectof overwrite.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 both have created works inspired by mapping, questioning how the borders of the United States have overwritten what was here before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
I loved the film, of course, though all the times I've seen it since have overwritten those first memories of it on screen.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2016
