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Recent Examples of overextend
This isn’t the time to juggle a million projects or overextend yourself socially.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
Many others struggle with overextending themselves and anxiety.
—EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, George Russell neared financial ruin after overextending himself to make a country-long railroad.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The elimination of bloated workforces and governmental bodies would be to the benefit of overburdened and overextended taxpayers and thus would be in the public interest.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
Many others struggle with overextending themselves and anxiety.
—EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, George Russell neared financial ruin after overextending himself to make a country-long railroad.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The elimination of bloated workforces and governmental bodies would be to the benefit of overburdened and overextended taxpayers and thus would be in the public interest.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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As part of its drive to broaden the base of the federal income tax, Congress repealed the deduction for sales taxes.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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CoinDepo highlights flexibility and security, and according to the team, is preparing to launch new services aimed at broadening how staking can be used.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The motion was withdrawn after a significant public and judicial backlash, an episode that solidified her image as a guardian of institutional integrity against an overreaching executive.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Early Americans thus saw jury service not merely as a procedural safeguard against overreaching government authority, but as a way to distribute the power granted by the Constitution, ensuring that ordinary citizens played an important role.—
Richard Lorren Jolly,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when the Fed cuts, long-term rates drop as well, preserving or even widening the spread.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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After a six-year hiatus, the series returned in 2012 with the addition of Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy, which attempted to widen the mythos without Damon or director Paul Greengrass.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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Buoyed by those gains, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite secured new closing highs, with the former exceeding the 6,600 level for the first time.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Open sources estimate that in 2022, UralVagonZavod produced some 60-70 T-90M tanks; by 2023, that may have risen to 140-180; and for 2024, output is estimated to have exceeded 200 units annually.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Unrivaled Experiences Growth Spurt Unrivaled will expand ahead of its second season with the addition of two new clubs and a development player pool, the league announced Wednesday.—
Roberta F. Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The panel issued over 100 recommendations, from limiting cash bail for misdemeanors to expanding racial equity training for prosecutors.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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