Problem overwriting documents in SharePoint Online

I am using SharePoint Online and trying to overwrite existing documents.
When I copy the exact filename and save the document to SharePoint Online instead of overwriting the document it is saving another version. I need to overwrite the documents.

First, Check Out is only required if you have configured the Library settings that way.  Requiring CheckOut is not the default.  Second a file name with an apostrophe is not identical to one without.  SharePoint may be stripping the apostrophe
since I think that is an illegal character for a filename.  Finally, there is a checkbox when uploading a file that says "Oversrite existing files" (no versioning in library) or "Add as a new version to existing files" (versioning enabled).  Are
you sure that checkbox isn't being cleared.
But I suspect the problem revolves around the use of the apostrophe in the file name.
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