overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
was overwriting
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past progressiveof overwrite.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even in the jungle, the dominance of modern Western medicine was overwriting vast stores of knowledge about powerful tonics hidden in surrounding ecosystems.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
But it was evident that Mr Cooper was overwriting himself.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Robert Chambers
