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Recent Examples of overextend
Focus on balancing passion with practicality, and avoid overextending yourself emotionally or financially.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Consumer watchdogs also say the plans lead consumers to overextend themselves because, for example, not paying full price upfront leaves, in the shopper’s mind at least, more money for smaller purchases.
—Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Doing too much, too soon, not only muddles your purpose, but overextends your resources.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Boundary-setting as self-care: Learn to say no to demands that overextend your time and energy.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Consumer watchdogs also say the plans lead consumers to overextend themselves because, for example, not paying full price upfront leaves, in the shopper’s mind at least, more money for smaller purchases.
—Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Doing too much, too soon, not only muddles your purpose, but overextends your resources.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Boundary-setting as self-care: Learn to say no to demands that overextend your time and energy.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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But just as smartphones and the internet are powerful tools to broaden their horizons, parents and caregivers are right to be cautious about exactly what their teens are posting on the day-to-day.—
Ella Cerón,
Parents,
27 Feb. 2025
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Morgan leverages her global experience to broaden students' horizons, showing them possibilities beyond their neighborhoods and after graduation.—
Pauleanna Reid,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Armstrong claimed Coinbase was not in violation of any law, and the SEC overreached in its effort to rein in its efforts.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Even amid the new strategic circumstances, there will be limits on Iran’s concessions, and Trump could easily overreach—or even pursue regime change in Tehran.—
Philip H. Gordon,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2025
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In reality, the rift between driver and team had been widening for some time—Monaco may have simply been the breaking point.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Why Breast Cancer Is More Deadly in Black Women Deaths from breast cancer have been declining for all groups except Native American women since 1990—but the survival gap has widened between Black and white women.—
Leah Small,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2025
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Tests showed more than 30 occasions where turbidity stirred up by cruise ships exceeded limits set by the EPA.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Mets’ spending for the 2021-24 seasons exceeded what the lower-rolling Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates each spent over the past 21 years.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Success in this new landscape depends on maintaining high-quality standards while effectively harnessing AI's capabilities to enhance and expand data resources.—
Deepak Yadav,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The speaker’s proposal would expand eligibility to 100% of the State Median Income, or up to $128,000 for a family of the same size, a Council source said.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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