o'er
preposition
contraction of over.
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o'er
1 American
[awr, ohr]
/ ɔr, oʊr /
preposition
Literary.
OER
2
American
o'er
British
/ əʊə, ɔː /
preposition
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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
After hiking o’er hills and o’er dales, Said the campers: “Good night; happy trails!”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2019
As John Milton, that other blind survivor, once noted: Though "Thousands at his bidding speed / And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: / They also serve who only stand and wait."
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016
Relief come o’er me so much I near fainted out the saddle.
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
Using this AI, the team was able to identify new, effective OER electrocatalytic materials from about 3,000 candidate materials in just a single month.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2024
OER can prevent grant transfers or hold a pending award to a “PI of concern” until it is satisfied that “compliance issues are resolved.”
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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