overextended

past tense of overextend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextended
Verb
  • The protests broadened to include calls for greater democracy, universal suffrage, and protection of civil liberties.
    Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Juno's latest extension broadened its mission from studying Jupiter's interior and magnetosphere to include the planet's rings and observations of its large moons.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Goodall also widened her view of conservation in Gombe beyond the national park, founding a program to reduce deforestation by addressing poverty in the communities around Lake Tanganyika, improving medical facilities, and helping farmers prevent soil erosion.
    Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Broadening Global Connections SIFF has steadily widened its international footprint, increasing the number of submissions and their countries of origin year after year.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two years later, President Biden expanded the protections so more Venezuelans who had arrived in recent years could benefit.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • What started as a walking tour of the historic Chickasaw neighborhood in 2012, during his years as president of the local neighborhood association, has since expanded to cover the other nine neighborhoods, after Taylor was awarded a fellowship through the Filson Historical Society in 2023.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Overextended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextended. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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