overextend

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Recent Examples of overextend However, even the strongest breakouts can become overextended in the short term. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025 You’re also exhausted, overextended, and wondering if business ownership is worth it. Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 These Grizzlies are overextended after such a strange season, but still … how can anyone stop such a balanced powerhouse? Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Otherwise, employees either overextend themselves or underdeliver, unsure of how to manage competing priorities without visual cues from coworkers. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overextend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
Verb
  • How could the agreement broaden access for treatments?
    Nicole Hassoun, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
  • Coloring outside the lines Contemporary collectors under age 50 have broadened the scope of what constitutes art, from street art to multimedia installations and wearables.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Threatening to wipe out federal funding for welcoming states or cities is nothing more than overreach from the federal government.
    Karina Ayala-Bermejo, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Earthquakes coach Bruce Arena and some players intervened so Messi would not overreach on his complaints.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • California is a case study in this problem, with a housing deficit that widened by nearly six million units over the last three decades.
    Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • China widened its lead for these goods in the same period.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • As of Wednesday, the campaign exceeded its goal, raising $50.1 million — marking the largest fundraising effort in the CSO’s 93-year history.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
  • Traditional taxis cost less than half that, but the journey can exceed 90 minutes in traffic.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Dowling’s donation comes as Northwell, New York’s largest health care provider, is actively lobbying the city government on a plan to expand its Lenox Hill Hospital complex on the Upper East Side, filings show.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
  • This expands on Stord’s 11 fulfillment nodes across 13 buildings in North America, as well as two locations in the U.K. and one in the Netherlands.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025

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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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