overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
overwrites
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present tense formof overwrite (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
It overwrites their personhood, their lived experience, the degree to which they wish to be medicated.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
His ebullient Schützenstrasse Quarter complex, built on the site of the former death strip, completely overwrites the area’s deadly history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
So little abides and the present inexorably overwrites the past.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
Regardless of the level of language acquired, language overwrites the senses.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
