as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages
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Recent Examples of overshoot
Both days had overshot an earlier record in 2024.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
That might be overshooting it a little bit.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Blue light photons, which currently overshoot the threshold and shed the excess as heat, could instead be split into two usable excitons each, reducing heat loss and increasing current.
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New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
If clean energy is not deployed at scale where demand is growing fastest, global emissions trajectories will overshoot every target, no matter how rapidly the Global North decarbonizes its own economies.
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Damilola Ogunbiyi,
Time,
19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overshoot
Rajesh Kumar Singh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
That might be overshooting it a little bit.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Blue light photons, which currently overshoot the threshold and shed the excess as heat, could instead be split into two usable excitons each, reducing heat loss and increasing current.
—
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
If clean energy is not deployed at scale where demand is growing fastest, global emissions trajectories will overshoot every target, no matter how rapidly the Global North decarbonizes its own economies.
—
Damilola Ogunbiyi,
Time,
19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overshoot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshoot
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And by the 12th year, this number rises to $113,000, exceeding the median salary for graduate degree-holders in the state, according to the data released by the UC’s Institutional Research and Academic Planning department.
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Revenue from golf and resort properties exceeded $500 million in 2025, rising about 15% from the previous year, according to the filing.
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Gas and diesel prices didn’t surpass their 2022 highs.
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Since her passing, Sonoma County experienced the most destructive wildfires in California history in 2017, only for another, more destructive fire to surpass it a year later.
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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