overextends

present tense third-person singular of overextend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextends
Verb
  • Every year that passes broadens the gulf between the Taylors, all while neighborhood and country alike seem to morph into something almost unrecognizable.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Miao Hua, the Chinese army's top political officer, was also expelled from the party, as Xi broadens his anti-corruption drive.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Without trust and governance, the gap widens.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That said, the action Monday was respectable but uneven, with AMD adding some $70 billion in market value to contribute a third of the S & P 500′s roughly half-percent gain on the day, while Nvidia shed more than $40 billion as the search for scarce processing resources widens.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Overextends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextends. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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