overall
adverb
from one extreme limit of a thing to the other.
overalls
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pluralof overall.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The ruling means drivers can use a system that flows cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
A young Donny O’Doyle as Abraham Lincoln, his glued-on beard peeling at the sideburns, while he clutched a young Petey Thunkle by his paint-stained overalls.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
