as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages
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Recent Examples of overshoot
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
When mixed together, the FDA’s math simply doesn’t add up—total exposure can easily overshoot the safety threshold.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
After months of questions about whether major tech firms were overshooting AI spending, Google, Microsoft and Meta are taking a victory lap after outperforming investors’ lofty expectations.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Aug. 2025
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
When mixed together, the FDA’s math simply doesn’t add up—total exposure can easily overshoot the safety threshold.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
After months of questions about whether major tech firms were overshooting AI spending, Google, Microsoft and Meta are taking a victory lap after outperforming investors’ lofty expectations.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshoot
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The Congressional Budget Office projects the total national debt will exceed $38 trillion by 2029, growing roughly $7 trillion a year.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Of the companies that have reported so far, 87% managed to exceed Wall Street’s expectations, much higher than the typical 67% beat rate, according to LSEG.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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And the 39-point advantage goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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