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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overlook .
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Examples
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Er.. what poor plebian Myles overlooks is the word “school”.
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What DTM overlooks is that people invested in a global Empire need rapid decision-making behind the military government on which it DEPENDS.
Matthew Yglesias » Civil Rights, Polarization, and Gridlock 2010
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Er.. what poor plebian Myles overlooks is the word “school”.
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What DTM overlooks is that people invested in a global Empire need rapid decision-making behind the military government on which it DEPENDS.
Matthew Yglesias » Civil Rights, Polarization, and Gridlock 2010
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One alternative he overlooks is that we actually get a better voter turnout in the next election, thereby guaranteeing a Conservative loss.
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Among the things this charming little theory overlooks is that black people rather frequently — indeed, nearly always — vote for white candidates and white candidates reciprocate with relative infrequency, but why make the point myself when UGK legend Bun B can do it for me:
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The main problem that this overlooks is when those do not have the emotive capabilities (either through damage or training) use that for immoral or illegal (or in the administration's case, unconstitutional) decisions.
Balkinization 2007
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What this overlooks is that a person can fail to be up to the job of President not because he is too reticent and weak-willed, or because he freezes in a crisis, but because he overreacts and pushes too hard and too fast at the wrong times.
Balkinization 2003
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What this overlooks is that a person can fail to be up to the job of President not because he is too reticent and weak-willed, or because he freezes in a crisis, but because he overreacts and pushes too hard and too fast at the wrong times.
Balkinization 2003
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What Ginsburg overlooks is that the limitation of copyright terms is also a central and important built-in feature of copyright law that protects free speech values.
Balkinization 2003
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