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was overwritten
verb
To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.
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It was overwritten in ink on the typed script.
I thought the story was overwritten to begin with, whether it was true or not".
But that document was erased each day when it was overwritten to reflect his appointments for the following day.
In the 1940s he was effervescent, and if his activities and behaviour had appeared in a novel, you would say it was overwritten.
And, after the insipid triumphalist overture of music and video and prancing androgynous spandex, when the orcas finally entered the arena and began their leaping, SeaWorld was overwritten by their absolute and devastating presence.
In an instant, his affect was overwritten by a lopsided and incandescent smile — and a crinkly map of smile lines at his eyes — that for a time stole the show and drove away his ghosts.
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If I tried, it was seen as being anti-funny, as having an agenda that was overwriting the comedy.
BALDWIN: They are overwritten.
(Previous contents are overwritten).
exists it will be overwritten.
this name will be overwritten).
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