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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextended
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The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached.
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Democrats and liberals strongly believe Trump has overreached yet again — albeit not in quite such egregious terms — by inveighing against Bad Bunny.
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Phipps said the instruction broadened participants' understanding of potential threats and response options.
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But even as his social circle broadened, there was perhaps no one more influential on Greenspan than Ayn Rand.
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Every wave of outrage widened her audience.
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The channel, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Chesapeake Bay and Norfolk Harbor, had already been widened by February 2024 to allow for two-way traffic of container ships that carry more than 16,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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Under his leadership, SMUD expanded workforce training programs, and joined the state’s Energy Imbalance Market, a wholesale energy-trading market that allows SMUD to buy low-cost renewable energy in real time, and sell excess energy to generate additional revenue.
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According to the agency, the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law passed in the wake of the housing crash to tighten financial oversight, expanded its authority by giving it control over swaps, a type of derivative contract.
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“Overextended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextended. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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