as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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In 2022, Atkins joined a number of other former S.E.C. commissioners in a joint letter to Gensler saying new climate-risk disclosure rules overstepped the Commission’s regulatory authority.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
With a conservative Supreme Court majority, challenges to him overstepping permissible powers may ultimately be knocked down, Jones said.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
The California Restaurant Association (CRA) filed suit against Berkeley’s ban months later, arguing that Berkeley’s ordinance overstepped federal energy law and that the policy would threaten key cooking techniques.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
And the issue at hand runs deeper than a few rogue docs overstepping their bounds.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
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Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
With a conservative Supreme Court majority, challenges to him overstepping permissible powers may ultimately be knocked down, Jones said.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
The California Restaurant Association (CRA) filed suit against Berkeley’s ban months later, arguing that Berkeley’s ordinance overstepped federal energy law and that the policy would threaten key cooking techniques.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
And the issue at hand runs deeper than a few rogue docs overstepping their bounds.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstep. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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