Examples of overstep in a Sentence
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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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.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
Their suit, filed in San Francisco, said the government’s budgeting and personnel offices overstepped their authority by ordering agencies to carry out layoffs in response to the shutdown.
—Collin Binkley, Twin Cities, 13 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
Lawsuits filed in recent days claim the federal government is overstepping its authority and violating constitutional protections.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
Their suit, filed in San Francisco, said the government’s budgeting and personnel offices overstepped their authority by ordering agencies to carry out layoffs in response to the shutdown.
—Collin Binkley, Twin Cities, 13 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
Lawsuits filed in recent days claim the federal government is overstepping its authority and violating constitutional protections.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overstep
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstep. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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