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
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Notre Dame didn’t do anything to make Reed overshoot his target, the quarterback just missed.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Notre Dame didn’t do anything to make Reed overshoot his target, the quarterback just missed.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshoot
Verb
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That figure exceeds its current regional consumption.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Durham Intermediate is in need of repairs, and the cost of maintaining the campus exceeds $8 million.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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Perry, again upping his game in the absence of teammate Skyy Clark, made four 3-pointers, shot 7 for 13 from the field and made all 12 of his free-throw attempts in surpassing his previous career best of 17 points.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Perry made four 3-pointers, shot 7 of 13 from the field and made all 12 of his free-throw attempts in surpassing his previous career best of 17 points.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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