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Recent Examples of overextend
Indeed, your guilt may be prompting you to overcompensate and overextend.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
This can often lead people to either overextend themselves or shut others out.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
When Klarna struck a partnership deal with food delivery group DoorDash in March, journalists seized on the notion of consumers paying for pizzas in installments as evidence of BNPL lenders tempting customers to overextend in a fragile economy.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
However, high-profile semiconductor stocks now look overextended, which suggests the market is at risk of losing a primary source of leadership.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 9 June 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
This can often lead people to either overextend themselves or shut others out.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
When Klarna struck a partnership deal with food delivery group DoorDash in March, journalists seized on the notion of consumers paying for pizzas in installments as evidence of BNPL lenders tempting customers to overextend in a fragile economy.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
However, high-profile semiconductor stocks now look overextended, which suggests the market is at risk of losing a primary source of leadership.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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The law extends tax cuts that Trump passed during his first term in office and pours billions more into border security as the president seeks to broaden his crackdown on immigration.—
MORIAH BALINGIT,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The program would send graduate students at the School of Social Work into Hartford, New Britain, Waterbury and Vernon public schools, with the goal of broadening diversity among social workers in those districts.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
2 July 2025
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Democrats have often overreached on domestic spending.—
Thomas Kahn,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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That responsibility lies with all of us—with journalists who expose abuse, with attorneys who challenge overreach, and with ordinary citizens who refuse to be intimidated.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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As the United States reaches its 250th year, the widening gulf between the very rich few and the rest of us has become glaringly apparent.—
Time,
Time,
7 July 2025
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The trade gap widened again in May after tariffs fell on Chinese goods and as foreign countries reduced their purchases of US exports.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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The asylum process in Mexico is supposed to take about three months, said Mejía from UNHCR, but the number of cases exceeds the capacity of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid to process them.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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That number far exceeds any other program nationwide.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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To expand its financial services sector, the BVI is developing an International Arbitration Center, positioning itself as a premier destination for international dispute resolution.—
Panorama Media Ltd,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Mari said the strike has now expanded to include Teamsters in California and Washington state, and that upwards of 4,000 union members are now in the midst of a work stoppage.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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