as in to stereotype
to use so much as to make less appealing
she had overused that joke to the point where it was eliciting groans and not guffaws
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Andrew Cunningham Andrew Cunningham Adding some additional infill can add some strength to prints, though 15 percent usually gives a decent amount of strength without overusing filament.
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ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
Pros: Strengthens hair, helps address flyways and breakage Cons: Can dry out hair if overused
Key Ingredients: Glycine, Sodium PCA
Size: 8.5 oz.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2025
Let your child know that overusing harsh ingredients or layering multiple products can damage their skin—yes, even if it's being promoted by social media influencers.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 June 2025
These storms are why Coloradans overuse the cliche Don’t like the weather?
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
Pros: Strengthens hair, helps address flyways and breakage Cons: Can dry out hair if overused
Key Ingredients: Glycine, Sodium PCA
Size: 8.5 oz.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2025
Let your child know that overusing harsh ingredients or layering multiple products can damage their skin—yes, even if it's being promoted by social media influencers.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 June 2025
These storms are why Coloradans overuse the cliche Don’t like the weather?
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overuse
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At a time when young black men, particularly those in NYC, were often stereotyped in the media as troubled youth or one-dimensional thinkers, Warner came on the scene by bringing a relatable and aspirational energy to millions of households every Thursday.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Audiences stereotyped Olandria and Chelley Bissainthe as mean girls based off of editing bias and harmful tropes.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
15 July 2025
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At its peak on Sunday, more than $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated during a 24-hour span — with over 95% coming from long bets, underscoring just how overexposed the market was heading into the weekend.—
Brian Evans,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
22 June 2025
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The Athletic is already guilty of cynically overexposing Arsenal's Max Dowman and Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Singing love songs while dancing on stage in capes and glittering matching outfits had already been popularized by mainstream rock and pop bands, but those styles were only just beginning to break through the machismo deeply embedded in Mexican pop culture.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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Askren recently signed with Real American Freestyle, the Hulk Hogan venture hoping to popularize professional freestyle wrestling.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
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Ferrell, who contended that their father wanted to be cremated, ultimately agreed to a settlement, reportedly after exhausting nearly $100,000 in legal fees and running out of funds to continue the fight.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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The goal is to exhaust the activist organization’s resources and force them to shut down.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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But as with anything, there is such a thing as overdoing it on sleep tech.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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The crab is known for loving deeply and intensely—which is wonderful for children, but just be careful not to overdo it.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
15 July 2025
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Trust isn’t defended by flash—it’s protected by guardrails, governance, and boring AI that just works.—
Dean DeBiase,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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This is the least exciting combo of them all — good for the future of their actual relationships but boring for the rest of us.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
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“Overuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overuse. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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