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Definition of Overshadowing
1. overshadow [v] - See also: overshadow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overshadowing
Literary usage of Overshadowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Railroad Rate Regulation: With Special Reference to American by Joseph Henry Beale, Bruce Wyman (1906)
"overshadowing importance of the problem of rate regulation. All people who como
in touch with the problem of rate regulation by any method of approach are ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"The yachting event of 1899 overshadowing all others in popular interest was the
series of races for the America's cup, sailed off New York harbor, ..."
3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"By that time, the railroad question had assumed very great and, as was thought
by many, overshadowing proportions. The Central Pacific managers, ..."
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