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  • adjective Alternative spelling of overage.

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Examples

  • The pressure for “ringers” of whatever kind (over-age, straight, male, professional, what have you) is due to a desire to win at all cost (and by whatever means seem expedient ... leaving aside whether bringing in straights really helps) is in (perceived) conflict with the desire for a “safe place for gays to socialize”.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010

  • The Netherlands almost immediately brought on Roy Makaay and Gerald Sibon, two of the three over-age players allowed in this tournament for players under 23.

    American men's soccer team settles for 2-2 draw with Dutch 2008

  • The pressure for “ringers” of whatever kind (over-age, straight, male, professional, what have you) is due to a desire to win at all cost (and by whatever means seem expedient ... leaving aside whether bringing in straights really helps) is in (perceived) conflict with the desire for a “safe place for gays to socialize”.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010

  • Scandal of the week Bolivia say claims that half their U15 Youth Olympic Games winning side was over-age are "outrageous".

    Said & Done 2010

  • A June 2005 report by the Drum Major Institute found that impact schools were among the most overcrowded and underfunded in the city and serve a student body that is disproportionately poor, Black and over-age for their grade.

    Marian Wright Edelman: The Growing Problem of Over-Policing Our Schools 2009

  • Camelot Schools has contracts worth $13.1 million to run the Excel Academy, an alternative school for "over-age" high school students on Bustleton Avenue, near Harbison, in the Northeast; and two disciplinary schools, Daniel Boone, at 26th and Jefferson streets, Strawberry Mansion, and Shallcross, at Woodhaven Road near Knights, in the Far Northeast.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • Camelot Schools has contracts worth $13.1 million to run the Excel Academy, an alternative school for "over-age" high school students on Bustleton Avenue, near Harbison, in the Northeast; and two disciplinary schools, Daniel Boone, at 26th and Jefferson streets, Strawberry Mansion, and Shallcross, at Woodhaven Road near Knights, in the Far Northeast.

    From CEDU to Brown Schools to Camelot Schools, Inc. Jim Horn 2009

  • After all, they are just a bunch of over-age kids, right?

    Al Seckel: Five Top Reasons Why You Need Background in Today's Foreign Policy 2008

  • New Delhi PTI: In an embarrassing revelation, the under-7 girls' national champion -- along with five others -- has been found over-age in the ongoing under-9 National Chess Competition here.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • National champion found over-age in under-9 chess tourney

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

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