Examples of overshoot in a Sentence
The plane overshot the runway.
Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
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Some worry that the FDA overshot the mark by removing the warning from all types of hormone therapies, especially pills, which expose the entire body to hormones and may increase a person’s risk for dangerous blood clots as much as fivefold.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The Paris Agreement goals are based on long-term average temperatures, Olhoff explained, and in some scenarios the world might overshoot those targets in the short term but still be able to draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere if new emissions are eliminated.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Net income for the quarter stood at $137 million, overshooting EA’s projection between $73 million and $117 million.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The Paris Agreement goals are based on long-term average temperatures, Olhoff explained, and in some scenarios the world might overshoot those targets in the short term but still be able to draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere if new emissions are eliminated.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Net income for the quarter stood at $137 million, overshooting EA’s projection between $73 million and $117 million.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoot. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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overshoot
verb
over·shoot
ˌō-vər-ˈshüt 
overshot
-ˈshät
; overshooting
; overshooting
1
: to miss by going beyond
the plane overshot the runway
2
: to shoot over or beyond
overshot the target
Medical Definition
overshoot
noun
over·shoot
ˈō-vər-ˌshüt
: a rapid change in electrical potential and reversal of polarity that occurs during an action potential when a cell or tissue is stimulated
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