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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overshadow .
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Examples
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The unfair, detestable nature of this tainted win overshadows what we could otherwise have celebrated optimistically as an historic event in this country, that is the first African-American pres. candidate.
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Randal Konik, an analyst at Bear Stearns, maintained an "underperform" rating on Urban, saying new-store productivity is moving lower and that "the lack of visibility in the near term overshadows the longer term prospects."
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In this example, the name overshadows a striking loss of property and the story begins with the answer to _Who?
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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At this point, Feldman's name overshadows his company's brand by a long shot.
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In some cases the brand name overshadows the name of the company.
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What bothers me is that kind of overshadows the positive things about the movie.
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We've got a political campaign that continues to drag on while the excitement of the pope's visit kind of overshadows this thing.
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Although the Q1 view "overshadows" the happy Q4 results, "importantly, management reaffirmed on the call expectations for at least 15% revenue growth."
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Angelina Jolie has apparently been ditched from a clothing firm's publicity campaign because she "overshadows" the brand.
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They're still focused on bringing people together, but it's hard to deny that their application platform kind of overshadows that effort by now.
Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Faruk Ates 2009
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