How to Use overseas in a Sentence

overseas

1 of 2 adverb
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  • The troops were sent overseas.
  • The Lions have never given up a home game to play overseas.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
  • Life overseas is not all beach chats and friendly neighbors, though.
    — Yucheng Tang, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • Six years later, the Ravens and Harbaugh are headed back overseas.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
  • There is an upside: the tour will be adding new cities to its lineup — including some stops overseas.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
  • About half are army reservists who in the past 10 days have returned to Israel from homes and jobs overseas to help secure the country and fight Hamas.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • That has forced them to search for profits overseas, where there are more buyers willing to pay higher prices.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But as conflicts unfold overseas, the fallout in the U.S. is growing more pronounced.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That’s not to say that every big project shooting overseas is safe from the dual actors-writers strike.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • And in some cases, spending your golden years overseas comes at a much lower price than staying in the United States.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Part of the reason is that much of Novo Nordisk’s production takes place overseas, for example in the United States.
    — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Adele will head overseas to perform a series of shows in Munich, Germany in August.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas, at the very same time.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That's because King Charles and Queen Camilla are also heading overseas that week.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
  • That's because King Charles and Queen Camilla are also heading overseas this week.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The two had been in touch since August 2019, with Kwon expressing his intention to seek asylum overseas, Lee said.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Two days later, according to the indictment, Trump held a meeting with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss an issue overseas.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • While the series has done most of its business overseas, domestic still matters.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
  • For at least the last decade, Martin said, U.S. native turtles have been exported overseas.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Rugs should be made from natural fibers, but if that rug was shipped in a container from overseas, it was sprayed with pesticide.
    — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • And corporate heads are now speaking up, with some threatening to leave — or expand overseas, rather than at home.
    — Bysarah Jacob, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Christmas-Kelly went overseas to play, while Kelly returned to Georgia to coach.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2023
  • The recall doesn’t affect Bike Plus owners or original Bike owners who bought their bikes overseas.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 11 May 2023
  • After taking over the Chinese market, BYD is now trying to expand overseas.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
  • That partnership would help turn sneakers, cheap to make overseas and sold at a high markup, into cultural currency around the world.
    — Megan Twohey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • There are several things fans should look for going into the fifth week of the season, including some history that could be made overseas.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Tasked with collecting information overseas, Hikade, 46, put her life on the line every day.
    — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 10 May 2023
  • The details in the indictment last week point to a different kind of threat, one from overseas aimed at stifling political dissent.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But with Russian forces still inside the country and millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes, fighting on the frontlines, or living overseas, there is no election in sight.
    — Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The experience ignited her drive to help people — both in her community and overseas.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
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overseas

2 of 2 adjective
  • The goal of these maps was to help make consumers in the States aware of the overseas locales.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • The statement did not name the men or say whether the arrests were related to the warrants issued for the overseas activists.
    — Henry Austin, NBC News, 8 July 2023
  • Fans who had flown in from overseas mixed with elder segments of the local glitterati.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • To fight the hardest, a deploying squadron either must bring parts with it, or fall in a stash of spares at the overseas location.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Sutcliffe, who was also living with Lennon, joined the group for its overseas debut in Hamburg, where the group played more than 100 shows.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
  • So far, overseas Tesla workers in Sweden are making waves after a walk-off in the fall.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Spending on defense, schools, the National Health Service and overseas aid has been ringfenced for now.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That one-time tax continues to apply to people who buy more than 10% in an overseas business.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Local producers have resources that the overseas groups may not.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Would overseas expansion turn the U.S. from a republic to an empire?
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • To have both used overseas festival platforms in the last year to warn about mounting censorship.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Elvis’s latest overseas tour in the armed forces begins January 26.
    — Vulture, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And today, the King arrived in the country on his first overseas trip since his coronation for a visit that is part official and part private.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 3 June 2023
  • One month later, its overseas shipments of the materials fell to zero.
    — Juliana Liu, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • These polls were all conducted before his overseas trip to Israel and tonight’s Oval Office address.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The Seagull and similar models from China could prove to be a disruptive force in overseas markets.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Those clerks can begin mailing the ballots to military and overseas voters on Jan. 20, ahead of the state’s March 5 primary election.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The doctor is accused of failing to drive with due care after returning home from the Chiefs’ overseas matchup in Germany against the Miami Dolphins.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • He was panned by critics for his performance at an overseas news conference.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This overseas trip is an amazing opportunity to live in the moment and to form friendships and connections.
    — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • Many overseas airlines have suspended service to and from Israel.
    — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In her last year of high school, a teacher influenced her to continue her study of dance in Europe, sharing their overseas connections with her.
    — Lance Brownfield, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The dwindling overseas shipments increased the risk of a downturn in the world's second largest economy due to weakening global demand.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 7 June 2023
  • Still another claimed that no Jewish soldiers were on the ship because they had all been exempted from overseas duty.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • My younger brother, Scott, and I were born in California, between overseas postings.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The move was also pitched as a way to set free faster-growing overseas operations while the US business was entangled in smoker lawsuits.
    — Andy Hoffman, Fortune Europe, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The film has been pre-sold in overseas territories, but currently has no foreign release dates penciled in.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 5 June 2023
  • Uniqlo made its first attempt at overseas expansion that year, opening four stores in London.
    — Time, 13 Nov. 2023
  • For about a year, the agency has been collecting wastewater directly from the lavatories on overseas flights at three to four airports as well as from the communal drain at SFO.
    — Alice Park, Time, 14 June 2023
  • The service is the brainchild of Chi Zhang, 34, the founder of Happy Cashier, a virtual-assistant company that was thrust into the spotlight last week, when a social media post about the overseas workers went viral.
    — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

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