OVEREXTENDED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

overextended

verb

past tense of overextend

as in overreached

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Ultimately, Judge Darwin ruled in favor of the California Gaming Association, reaffirming its argument that the Bureau of Gambling Control overreached by attempting to impose new regulations.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 7 July 2026
The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of overreached

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In recent years, however, a younger generation of entrepreneurs has broadened the scope, fusing Arabic culture and social media culture in fun, modern ways.

— Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The willingness to spend on Nvidia's products has broadened beyond the hyperscalers .

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of broadened

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The bank has also widened its high-end options, introducing programs like its Alternative Investments Expanded Access Program to give wealth clients specialized access to private equity funds and emerging managers.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, as cars replaced horses, streets had to be widened, and several of the city’s many inconvenient hills were flattened—some houses were demolished, but plenty were simply rolled out of the way.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of widened

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Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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