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Recent Examples of overextend
This can often lead people to either overextend themselves or shut others out.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
When Klarna struck a partnership deal with food delivery group DoorDash in March, journalists seized on the notion of consumers paying for pizzas in installments as evidence of BNPL lenders tempting customers to overextend in a fragile economy.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
However, high-profile semiconductor stocks now look overextended, which suggests the market is at risk of losing a primary source of leadership.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 9 June 2025
The Dodgers’ pitching depth hasn’t performed as expected and has been overextended.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 June 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
When Klarna struck a partnership deal with food delivery group DoorDash in March, journalists seized on the notion of consumers paying for pizzas in installments as evidence of BNPL lenders tempting customers to overextend in a fragile economy.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
However, high-profile semiconductor stocks now look overextended, which suggests the market is at risk of losing a primary source of leadership.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 9 June 2025
The Dodgers’ pitching depth hasn’t performed as expected and has been overextended.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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The law extends tax cuts that Trump passed during his first term in office and pours billions more into border security as the president seeks to broaden his crackdown on immigration.—
MORIAH BALINGIT,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Though the legislature has broadened its focus in recent years beyond just hospitals, looking at pharmacy benefit managers, physician noncompetes and price transparency, legislation targeting hospital bills have proven some of the toughest to negotiate.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Keeping the keyboard and mouse close to avoid overreaching. Taking a brief movement or stretching break every 30 to 60 minutes.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
18 June 2025
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Both parties would do well to consistently recognize the dangers of an overreaching federal government—and the benefits of more state autonomy.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The trade gap widened again in May after tariffs fell on Chinese goods and as foreign countries reduced their purchases of US exports.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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As the United States reaches its 250th year, the widening gulf between the very rich few and the rest of us has become glaringly apparent.—
Time,
Time,
7 July 2025
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In 2023, Luckin’s revenue in China exceeded what Starbucks made there for the first time, bouncing back from an accounting scandal that got Luckin booted from the Nasdaq in 2020.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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Despite Israel’s qualitatively effective defenses, an underlying quantitative war attrition was at play that threatened to degrade Israel’s position over time: Iranian stocks of MRBM-class missiles likely exceeded the number of anti-MRBM interceptors possessed by Israel (ie. Arrow-2 and 3).—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Weeks later, the BBC expanded Frediani’s empire to include News at One.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Romanticize your sleep with Tekla’s dainty bedding Since launching in 2017, Tekla has expanded from bedding into sleepwear, bathroom sets, and more.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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