overexposing

present participle of overexpose
as in overusing
to use so much as to make less appealing seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week

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Recent Examples of overexposing Lock Focus And Adjust Exposure To stop your iPhone from overexposing the bright moon, tap and hold on the moon in your camera preview to lock focus. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Prominent figures including Green Bay Packers star linebacker Micah Parsons and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized the Eagles for overusing the play on social media.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, resharing others’ posts or overusing carousels significantly underperforms.
    Justin Nassiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That absence increases the risk of caricature and stereotyping in AI image outputs of the Black community.
    Donnetta Monk, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Analysis is valuable to prevent biases like stereotyping and misjudging probabilities, while intuition is valuable for creativity and rapid adaptation to complex problems.
    Hulan Hagen, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Betelgeuse, formally known as Alpha Orionis, will one day end its life in a spectacular supernova explosion upon exhausting the last of its fuel, which could be as bright as the full moon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The policy at hand says district employees aren’t allowed to physically restrain a student except in emergency situations when a student’s behavior is immediately dangerous and after exhausting less intrusive alternatives.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After Mauricio missed all of 2024 and had a slow return-to-play schedule this year, there is a balance between getting enough action versus overdoing it.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its two pressure settings are powerful enough to clear away plaque without overdoing it, all in a compact design that tucks neatly under the sink or into your carry-on.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Is the Premier League getting boring?
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the rear-view mirror, her mother’s dark eyes were boring into hers.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Overexposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexposing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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