as in exceeded
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Recent Examples of overstepped
The dispute centers on whether CMS overstepped its authority, potentially undermining protections for vulnerable Medicaid recipients.
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Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In a brief authored by Ben Mesches and other attorneys from Haynes Boone, Holland & Knight and Wilkinson Stekloff, the NCAA argues that Lubbock County (Texas) District Court Judge Ken Curry overstepped his authority last Monday when declaring Sorsby immediately eligible.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
The trade court ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped the tariff power that Congress had delegated to the president under the law.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
In December, Rozier requested that the case be dismissed, arguing that the government had overstepped by charging him with fraud.
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Tom Winter,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
But Ancel Glink representatives said Odelson, Murphey, Frazier and McGrath overstepped by petitioning to represent Calumet City in both a labor dispute and a lawsuit where a former employee claims Jones extorted him and wrongfully terminated his employment.
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Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
The Supreme Court in February ruled against the tariffs, siding with importer plaintiffs that argued the president overstepped his authority in imposing them.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
But Trump’s lawyers filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court arguing the judges had overstepped their authority.
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Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit claims Trump overstepped his authority by moving forward with the project without first getting approval from key federal agencies and Congress.
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Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In a brief authored by Ben Mesches and other attorneys from Haynes Boone, Holland & Knight and Wilkinson Stekloff, the NCAA argues that Lubbock County (Texas) District Court Judge Ken Curry overstepped his authority last Monday when declaring Sorsby immediately eligible.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
The trade court ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped the tariff power that Congress had delegated to the president under the law.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
In December, Rozier requested that the case be dismissed, arguing that the government had overstepped by charging him with fraud.
—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
But Ancel Glink representatives said Odelson, Murphey, Frazier and McGrath overstepped by petitioning to represent Calumet City in both a labor dispute and a lawsuit where a former employee claims Jones extorted him and wrongfully terminated his employment.
—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
The Supreme Court in February ruled against the tariffs, siding with importer plaintiffs that argued the president overstepped his authority in imposing them.
—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
But Trump’s lawyers filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court arguing the judges had overstepped their authority.
—
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit claims Trump overstepped his authority by moving forward with the project without first getting approval from key federal agencies and Congress.
—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstepped
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Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.
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If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?
Verb
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The search has now surpassed the first 72 hours –– the most critical window for finding survivors.
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But, in the decades that followed, other cities caught up and eventually surpassed New York; one of them was Ibiza, where clubs like Pacha showed vacationing Europeans how to rave all night.
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“Overstepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstepped. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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