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 The conflict centers on the City Council adding $13 million to the JAA's budget for developing Cecil Airport, which some view as overstepping its authority. —

David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 6 Mar. 2026 The federal and state governments argue that such environmental harm is not real and that the lower court was overstepping its authority. —

Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026 What To Know State officials describe the portal as a mechanism for documenting incidents in which federal officers may be overstepping their authority, including allegations of excessive force, unlawful detentions, improper searches or actions that appear to violate constitutional protections. —

Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 Beyond offering help, further conversation with him about his belongings is overstepping. —

R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role. —

Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025 The board is also presenting the four-day school week as an issue of local control — an ongoing tension between state lawmakers and larger cities in Missouri — suggesting the state is overstepping by requiring a public vote. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025 The two drawers and open shelf give you just enough room for essentials (book, glasses, eye masks) without overstepping into dresser territory. —

Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025 Then, during one or two moments of lightly overstepping the limit of grip, the S5’s good chassis communication enabled easy correction via a hint of counter-steer. —

Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025

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By the end of the evening, pledges exceeding $300 million had been secured.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Early voting in suburban Cook closed Monday with more than 122,500 votes cast, exceeding early vote totals during the last two gubernatorial primaries, election officials said.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026