overbore

verb

Definition of overborenext
past tense of overbear
as in defeated
to achieve a victory over that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness

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  1. mastered
  2. beat
  3. conquered
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  • The opening night of a legendary 1977 run is captured on a four-LP set mastered by Jeffrey Norman from the original analog tapes.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Newer vendor solutions in the market have mastered and provisioned a solution that effectively utilizes a bitemporal data model to support accuracy in capturing and reporting, allowing firms to aggregate and disaggregate data in real time.
    Araya Solomon, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mastered
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  • Eagles 27, Rams 24 Sam Farmer’s pick: The Eagles have a lot of ways to beat you on offense — especially with Barkley — and their defense is swarming.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, consistently beating the S&P 500 — in good times and bad — has been difficult over recent years for individual stocks; for heavyweights in the Industrials sector including UPS, UNP, and CAT, and even for the megacap stars GOOG, TSLA, and MSFT.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of beat
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  • Puth nearly conquered the Billboard Global Excl.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Wheelers conquered it in 2011, a smooth stroll along a 4-mile trail on a warm August day.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of conquered
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