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Recent Examples of overextend
Don’t overextend yourself or commit to a situation that doesn’t honor your values.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Be intentional, but don’t overextend yourself.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, don’t overextend yourself.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the time to juggle a million projects or overextend yourself socially.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Be intentional, but don’t overextend yourself.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, don’t overextend yourself.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the time to juggle a million projects or overextend yourself socially.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overextend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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DeSantis has also pushed for measures to broaden the scope of the death penalty beyond murder.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Early exposure to international influences also broadened his perspective and sparked curiosity about global audiences.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Did Texas Republicans overreach with their mid-decade gerrymandering?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The city is widening its entertainment zone to include the whole downtown area, rather than just the promenade.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The deepening energy crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran has thrust energy security back onto the political stage in European countries — and widened fault lines along with it.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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On a night where Clay Holmes was dominant, tossing seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts, Roupp exceeded his minuscule margin of error.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In Fort Collins, there was a record-high temperature that exceeded the record-high April temperature as well.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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With the 2026 midterms approaching, sustained voter unease could reshape the broader electoral map and complicate Republican efforts to hold or expand their congressional margins.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the department is looking to expand its authority.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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