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o'er

1 American  
[awr, ohr] / ɔr, oʊr /

preposition

Literary.
  1. contraction of over.


OER 2 American  
o'er British  
/ əʊə, ɔː /

preposition

  1. a poetic contraction of over

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now with the warm earth o’er thy breast, O wisest of thy kind and best, Forever mayst thou softly rest, In pace, Peter!

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2023

All we go down to the dust; and, weeping, o’er the grave,

From Washington Times Apr. 16, 2021

It would also be neat if it was, you know, a decent song, which a citizen could sing without crashing into an o’er or a thee, or being asked to pole vault across octaves.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2020

After hiking o’er hills and o’er dales, Said the campers: “Good night; happy trails!”

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2019

It was like I was watching some other boy ’stead of me picking Pap up and going o'er to Spangler with my pa in his arms.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

And unlike many prices collected in the CPI, rent and OER are based on survey panels that are conducted every six months.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

Since housing expenses are 35 percent of the CPI, and OER alone 25 percent, even small inaccuracies can significantly affect the overall inflation number.

From Slate Apr. 24, 2026

To address this issue, research is underway to develop platinum-group-free, cheaper OER electrocatalysts composed of relatively abundant chemical elements compatible with large-scale green hydrogen production.

From Science Daily Mar. 2, 2024

Asked who permitted Gilbert’s new award, OER said the institute or center funding the grant—in this case, NCI—“carry out preaward risk assessments” and send awards out the door.

From Science Magazine Apr. 23, 2023

Furthermore, OER-converted GDP is not well suited to comparing domestic GDP over time, since appreciation/depreciation from one year to the next will make the OER GDP value rise/fall regardless of whether home-currency-denominated GDP changed.

From The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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