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overwrites

  • present tense form of overwrite (3rd person singular).

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That is, until another party overwrites his code, transforming him into the best reason for “Romulus” to exist.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2025

The hive-mind of our writers’ room and cast: a back-and-forth that writes and overwrites the characters and their choices, enriching the psychological stock of the soup.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2025

It overwrites their personhood, their lived experience, the degree to which they wish to be medicated.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2020

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified before Congress last year that the backups were no help in recovering Lerner’s lost emails, in part because the IRS overwrites them every six months.

From Washington Post Feb. 27, 2015

Regardless of the level of language acquired, language overwrites the senses.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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