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Recent Examples of overextend
The Dodgers’ pitching depth hasn’t performed as expected and has been overextended.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 June 2025
One common mistake startups make is overextending resources or diluting their brand.
—Will Fan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The services often appeal to people with lower incomes, who financial experts have warned may be at risk of financially overextending themselves.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 4 June 2025
By the end of last year, Americans were having greater difficulty in managing rising debt and, in some cases, hadn’t been that overextended since the aftermath of the Great Recession.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 June 2025
One common mistake startups make is overextending resources or diluting their brand.
—Will Fan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The services often appeal to people with lower incomes, who financial experts have warned may be at risk of financially overextending themselves.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 4 June 2025
By the end of last year, Americans were having greater difficulty in managing rising debt and, in some cases, hadn’t been that overextended since the aftermath of the Great Recession.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
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With a broadening customer base clamoring for Nvidia’s latest AI accelerators and competitors still distant, bulls are betting the chipmaker’s shares have plenty of room to run.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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By the June meeting, their desire became to broaden the scope and make a local effort a more encompassing one across the state.—
Alan Kozeluh,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Nearly 2,000 protests and rallies are expected on June 14 to voice rejections of what organizers point to as overreach and abuse by the Trump administration.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
15 June 2025
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With that First Amendment right comes a responsibility not to destroy property, loot or condone violence, and a parallel responsibility by police and other law-enforcement not to overreact or overreach.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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In other words: Further wants to close the widening gap between creative talent and opportunity … for creators with an audience or the potential to build one.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
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Getty Images The number of vessels navigating the critically important Strait of Hormuz appears to be declining, according to the world's largest shipping association, amid deepening fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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That deal could have reached as high as £89m (€100m) were subsequent clauses met; the amounts guaranteed on the sale of Wirtz have already exceeded that figure.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Annual interest payments now already exceed $1 trillion, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called it a red flag.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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However, as has been the case with other annual shopping events, retailers expanded the promotional period to start May 13, a week earlier than in 2024, before ending June 18.—
Bernice Ooi,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Organizers are also expanding the slate of live podcasts with Johnny Manziel’s Glory Daze and Jeff Teague’s 520 Podcast set to take the stage, for example.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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