overshooting

present participle of overshoot

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Recent Examples of overshooting 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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Verb
  • Two Milwaukee Democrats want to install technology in repeat reckless drivers' cars to prevent them from exceeding speed limits, similar to breathalyzer devices for OWI offenders.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The complaint refers to offers exceeding $100,000 related to licensing and promotion of trading cards for Brown, who is a junior.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gold has seen historic gains in 2025, its more-than-50% surge surpassing previous volatile periods such as after the September 11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis or even the Covid-19 pandemic.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Even as Westward was forced to file for Chapter 11, the distillery’s sales continued to grow by 53 percent through the end of September (compared to the same period last year), surpassing total sales for 2024.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Overshooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshooting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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