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Overtaken is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Overtaken meaning

past participle of overtake

Using Overtaken

  • The main meaning on this page is: past participle of overtake
  • In the example corpus, overtaken often appears in combinations such as: overtaken by, has overtaken, overtaken the.

Context around Overtaken

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Overtaken

  • In this selection, "overtaken" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, having, home, reportedly, volkswagen, anthony and albanians stand out and add context to how "overtaken" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and has overtaken anthony elanga and are being overtaken with illegal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overtaken" sits close to words such as accumulating, augment and bala, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overtaken

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Pennsylvania communities are being overtaken with illegal drugs, particularly opioids. (10 words)

Premier League holders Manchester City have reportedly overtaken Liverpool as frontrunner in race for Jude Bellingham. (16 words)

BYD has overtaken Volkswagen as the best-selling brand in China, with 10.3 percent of the market. (18 words)

China was found to have overtaken the U.S. on a metric designed to capture quality as well: the number of researchers or institutions whose papers received the most citations for papers in the 82 natural science journals tracked by Nature Index. (42 words)

A rural New York community is being overtaken by a sticky fungus that is believed to have come from a nearby whiskey facility, leaving some residents in the area concerned about their health and the preservation of their homes. (39 words)

Home Office figures show that Afghans are now the largest group of small boat migrants, having overtaken Albanians in the autumn, while the number of Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians is also high. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

A rural New York community is being overtaken by a sticky fungus that is believed to have come from a nearby whiskey facility, leaving some residents in the area concerned about their health and the preservation of their homes.

As it first aired more than 20 years ago and has since been overtaken by more popular series,has largely been forgotten by most anime viewers.

BYD has overtaken Volkswagen as the best-selling brand in China, with 10.3 percent of the market.

China was found to have overtaken the U.S. on a metric designed to capture quality as well: the number of researchers or institutions whose papers received the most citations for papers in the 82 natural science journals tracked by Nature Index.

Defeat really opens up the possibility of them being overtaken by Leicester and / or Leeds and, as such, consigning them to relegation into the Championship.

For one thing, any plan known to man as soon as it is finished immediately begins to be overtaken by the dynamic of events.

Guyana has overtaken the region, and most of the growth has just taken place since 2020, after an early bump in 2005.

He made his full debut on Thursday after two and a half years with the club and has overtaken Anthony Elanga in the pecking order in recent months.

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Home Office figures show that Afghans are now the largest group of small boat migrants, having overtaken Albanians in the autumn, while the number of Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians is also high.

However, whatever the board was so alarmed about on Friday has perhaps been overtaken by the global reaction to its decision.

In 3007, Charlie-27 returned to Jupiter after completing a mission out in space, where he found his home overtaken by the Badoon.

In Germany for example polls show that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has overtaken the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) to become the second-most popular party in Germany.

Instead now, Azapo, like the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), had been overtaken by political developments, hence they are unpopular with the voters in South Africa.

Just like most protests that begin with good intentions of getting a message across, the protests in France have been overtaken by opportunistic hooligans.

New technology is making it easier for companies to be overtaken by their competitors who develop superior tools and automation.

Pennsylvania communities are being overtaken with illegal drugs, particularly opioids.

Premier League holders Manchester City have reportedly overtaken Liverpool as frontrunner in race for Jude Bellingham.

Read more on how kamikaze drones have gradually overtaken artillery as the main threat to both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers.

So, lower interest rates should generally help the ETF, but broader macro trends in favor of AI and automation have overtaken the rate-trade factor in recent months.

The animated film is set one day before the events of, which imagines downtown Seoul being overtaken by armies of zombies.

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Common combinations with overtaken

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overtaken" in a sentence?
An example: "A rural New York community is being overtaken by a sticky fungus that is believed to have come from a nearby whiskey facility, leaving some residents in the area concerned about their health and the preservation of their homes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "overtaken" from authentic English texts.
What does "overtaken" mean?
Overtaken means: past participle of overtake
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "overtaken", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.