Thesaurus results for OVERSTEPPING

overstepping

verb

present participle of overstep

as in exceeding

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 overstepping Last week, a disagreement over the electoral law erupted into a power struggle between Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the Provisional Electoral Council after council members accused the government of overstepping its authority and acting unconstitutionally. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026 As such, the AI might give you a flimsy answer and be overstepping its skis. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Once the season started Gonzalez tried to support his teammates from afar without overstepping. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 One of the easiest ways to be helpful without overstepping is to check in about small but important logistics. —

Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026 But nearly 80 local and county governments, including Milan Township, challenged it in court, arguing the commission was overstepping its authority. —

Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026 The lawsuit alleges the agency is overstepping its authority by unilaterally redefining the legal standard for hemp. —

Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026 Jean Fisher, an administrator in DHW’s Division of Youth Safety and Permanancy, answered questions lawmakers had about the possibility of courts overstepping in cases of terminating visitations. —

Shannon Tyler march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 McPartlin will play Detective Mike Garner, a pigheaded CRASH detective who quickly shuts Bosch down for overstepping. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

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The drone boat has supposedly survived a range of sea states that included waves exceeding five feet in height.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Kansas City has gotten off to one of its wettest starts on record, with April and May driving the total and far exceeding normal precipitation for those two months.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026