OVERSEAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

overseas

adjective

Definition of overseas

as in international

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Recent Examples of overseas An exception is shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, which collected the tariffs from their customers for overseas shipments. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 The broader localisation campaign is therefore intended to create backup sources rather than immediately remove every overseas supplier. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026 In addition, brokers and financial intermediaries routed payments to offshore counterparties to allow Chinese citizens to use domestic currency to purchase property abroad or to trade overseas investment for foreign visas and passports. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026 The government has not exported high-precision map data to overseas companies, though that is expected to change. — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas

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In a blog post on Wednesday, Gates called for a new international organization to manage AI, drawing on elements from a nuclear inspections regime, international aviation regulations and ozone layer protection agreements.

— Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Thailand has yet to secure an Oscar nomination in the international feature category.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of international

Adjective

More than one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to a 2026 city report.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Roughly one in five Floridians is foreign-born, and immigrants make up close to half the workforce in the industries the state runs on.

— Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of foreign-born

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Turning electrons into a particle-hunting beam The GlueX experiment is built to investigate exotic mesons, particularly particles in which gluons—the particles that carry the strong nuclear force—may play a direct role.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman throws out his share of exotic looks at practice, which forces Mensah to be on his toes.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of exotic

Adjective

Across the Solar System, eruptions can send ash over continents, throw sulfur compounds hundreds of miles above a moon, or propel nitrogen gas and ice through the frozen crust of a distant world.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
This El Niño is a reminder that climate risks are no longer distant.

— Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of distant

Adjective

And new species join the party regularly, as bad pet owners release their charges into the wild or stowaways sneak in from far-off countries.

— Alex Harris August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Artificial intelligence has evolved from a specialized tool or a far-off promise to the cognitive foundation of contemporary civilization.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of far-off

Adjective

The technology can support both conventional and remote sites, like areas where traditional energy infrastructure may be difficult or expensive to build.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
People traveling through the remote Sonoran Desert die from its extreme heat, harsh conditions and rough terrain.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of remote

Adjective

Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.

— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024

Definition of nonindigenous

Adjective

And what’s bad for these workers is invariably bad for the multinational companies that rely on their labor.

— Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Still, Nike appeared committed to the idea that the public just needed more education, more visibility and more lectures from multinational corporations.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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