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Recent Examples of overextend
Don’t overextend yourself or commit to a situation that doesn’t honor your values.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Be intentional, but don’t overextend yourself.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, don’t overextend yourself.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the time to juggle a million projects or overextend yourself socially.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Be intentional, but don’t overextend yourself.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, don’t overextend yourself.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the time to juggle a million projects or overextend yourself socially.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overextend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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Fields’s son, Raymond, studied psychology in the Pacific Northwest, an experience that broadened his understanding of how people make decisions and how teams connect.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Users will then be able to ask follow-up questions in a conversational manner to refine or broaden their search results.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Nov. 2025
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That includes hackers lurking on public Wi-Fi, your internet service provider, or even an overreaching advertiser trying to build a profile on you.—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Analysts warn that investors could face pain if speculative infrastructure bets outpace real-world utility or revenues, recalling lessons from early-2000s telecom overreach.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Gientke told the Statesman in a phone interview that the Urban Renewal Agency funds for his project in downtown Caldwell would be disbursed annually over the next 15 years, and used to improve public safety around the lot by redoing and widening sidewalks, and adding light posts.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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The exchange's widening focus is paramount to its future growth as the market for all kinds of digital assets becomes not only larger, but more competitive amid regulatory tailwinds, according to Armstrong.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, including the value of licenses, according to the statement.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Australia’s hypersonic ambition Hypersonic flight, defined as speeds exceeding Mach 5, has become one of the most strategically important frontiers in aerospace and defense.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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In addition to WeRide and Pony AI, Baidu is also expanding its robotaxi offerings through its Apollo Go vehicles.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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That includes a new and robust collaboration with Brazil’s federal government and 22 of its states—including Pará—to expand cooperation on climate action.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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