overreaches

present tense third-person singular of overreach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overreaches
Verb
  • But the two have racked up an astronomical, nine-figure legal bill that far exceeds any reasonable amount the two may have needed for their defense, the bank said in a court filing late Friday.
    Ken Sweet, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The young girls are going back to their remote mountain village to take part in the perilous harvest of the yarsagumba, a rare creature, half mushroom, half insect, whose value exceeds that of gold.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The European Linen Sheet Set at Quince is only $140 and surpasses its expensive competitor in feel, weight, and quality.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The food pantry’s national delivery service received 410 new applications for support in just 10 days, an increase Bassett says surpasses their usual total from an entire quarter.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In these sparsely populated spaces, the mountain always defeats the human, instilling a deep respect for the environment.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Vigenère cipher ingeniously defeats straightforward frequency analysis because not all E’s, for example, will get mapped to the same letter.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Robotic system overcomes key technical challenges If implemented at large scale, the system could help tackle range anxiety for EVs.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The depth of humanity Kosztolányi brings to the sorrowful life of Skylark and her adoring parents is magical, and rewards anyone who overcomes its modest premise.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This gambit circumvents the notorious way that measurements destroy quantumness.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN.
    Jasmine Mithani, Them., 3 Sep. 2025
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“Overreaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overreaches. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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