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Recent Examples of overcommit
The Feasibility Of Contractual Obligations Do not overcommit the organization to contractual obligations that may become unsustainable in the future.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Just don’t overcommit — full moons are chaotic, and your calendar can’t hold everything.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Scott Mobley, Ph.D. - Executive Coach
Jennifer Scott Mobley recognizes that leaders often overcommit, not from poor judgment, but from genuine care.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 18 July 2025
If John overcommits in these moments, especially when his defenders are better set to handle the situation, there’s a risk that his confidence could occasionally put him in trouble.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Don’t overcommit or glamorize routines that drain you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 May 2025
For example, many of us overcommit due to a fear of disappointing others or missing out on opportunities.
—Israa Nasir, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Just don’t overcommit — full moons are chaotic, and your calendar can’t hold everything.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
Follow Leon on LinkedIn or connect with him at Focal Point Coaching
Jennifer Scott Mobley, Ph.D. - Executive Coach
Jennifer Scott Mobley recognizes that leaders often overcommit, not from poor judgment, but from genuine care.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 18 July 2025
If John overcommits in these moments, especially when his defenders are better set to handle the situation, there’s a risk that his confidence could occasionally put him in trouble.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Don’t overcommit or glamorize routines that drain you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 May 2025
For example, many of us overcommit due to a fear of disappointing others or missing out on opportunities.
—Israa Nasir, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcommit
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In more strongly Democratic seats, where most primary challenges are unfolding, progressive candidates have preemptively denounced AIPAC and promised not to seek its support, or have otherwise broken with party leaders on Israel.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The deal not only promises new comics but, according to Kindt and Gorinson, the two parties have brokered a large-scale acquisition of media rights for more than 20 properties in the Flux House library.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Macron has previously ruled out resigning himself, vowing to see out his second and last presidential term to its end in 2027.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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Trump has vowed for weeks to clean up crime in Chicago, though the city has experienced a decline in most major crime categories this year, according to WBEZ.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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But the business stays committed to supporting people and improving.—
Samuel Burke,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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An independent United Nations inquiry concluded in September that Israel has committed genocide during the conflict, a finding the country's government has denied.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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Latino history in the U.S. is plighted with systemic issues from mass deportations in the 1920s and 1930s, to poor working conditions for farm workers, to segregated schools, to arrests and stereotypes during the war on drugs.—
Gina Lee Castro,
Journal Sentinel,
11 Oct. 2024
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Not for months, but for years, plighting their troth.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2024
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Vogue’s Concetta Ciarlo also swears by Purito’s gel-cream when trying to calm her own flare ups.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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More than 38,000 shoppers swear by the lash serum for longer lashes with consistent use.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
Peoplemag,
5 May 2023
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2019
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“Overcommit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcommit. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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