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as in to defeat
to get the better of through cleverness
a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul
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as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly
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Recent Examples of overreach
There is no reigning in the White House when the president overreaches as impeachments are impossible.
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
The Supreme Court ruled that the legislative committee has been overreaching its authority in blocking a variety of state regulations during Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
The verdict has prompted a wave of scrutiny from legal experts over how the case was structured and whether prosecutors overreached in a federal jurisdiction that has historically maintained a streak of success for high-profile convictions.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025
Now that Combs has been acquitted of all but the most cut-and-dry charges—transporting people across state lines for the purposes of prostitution—the obvious question to ask is whether prosecutors overreached.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
The Supreme Court ruled that the legislative committee has been overreaching its authority in blocking a variety of state regulations during Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
The verdict has prompted a wave of scrutiny from legal experts over how the case was structured and whether prosecutors overreached in a federal jurisdiction that has historically maintained a streak of success for high-profile convictions.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025
Now that Combs has been acquitted of all but the most cut-and-dry charges—transporting people across state lines for the purposes of prostitution—the obvious question to ask is whether prosecutors overreached.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overreach
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But how will the Four defeat an almost godlike being, even with their impressive superpowers?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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As a fighting force, Hezbollah, the most powerful of Tehran’s proxy forces since 1982, was defeated.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 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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Thus, they are thwarted in their villainous intentions to use AGI and ASI to be criminal collaborators.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Sources, including a former director at CDC whose center oversaw MMWR, told MedPage that cuts to CDC funding and staff have likely thwarted the journal.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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The pop-rockers reached even greater heights with the still-ongoing Music of the Spheres World Tour, which has already surpassed $1.26 billion, becoming the first rock tour to cross the billion-dollar mark.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Arizona's Dragon Bravo Fire began from a lightning strike on July 4 and has surpassed more than 105,000 acres along the canyon's North Rim.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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As Venus clashes with Pluto, looks can be deceiving.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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Their favorite strategies for deceiving or undermining cyber-defense systems and applications include self-modifying malware and automated phishing efforts.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Austin district relied heavily on contractors to overcome its chronic backlog of evaluation requests.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
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By Monday, Bezos’ security team was making last-minute changes to try to outsmart the activists, according to TMZ.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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But occasionally, a bear outsmarts us or overcomes our defenses.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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His impersonation is so convincing that Lu and Shin are initially fooled.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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The Mets couldn’t pick up his slider and were fooled on his changeup.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 July 2025
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“Overreach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overreach. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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