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overlook

[oh-ver-look, oh-ver-look] / ˌoʊ vərˈlʊk, ˈoʊ vərˌlʊk /






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"Our work will help fill a key gap in climate predictions, which often overlook interactions between the changing environment and natural greenhouse gas sources to the atmosphere," Weber says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

From the overlook, the road reads as a line dividing two expressions of the same dune system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Described in its listing as a “modernist masterpiece,” the triplex unit spans exactly 11,000 square feet and features an incredible double-height living room with walls of windows that overlook the Hudson River.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

If we limit service to the battlefield, we overlook the millions who strengthen this country in other meaningful ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Atoms are so numerous and necessary that we easily overlook that they needn’t actually exist at all.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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