Thesaurus results for OVERSHOOTS

overshoots

verb

present tense third-person singular of overshoot

as in exceeds

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 overshoots Meanwhile, in attempting to give Grace an even bigger, badder, darker villain to face this time, the film overshoots its mark, raising the specter of domestic violence in ways that feel just slightly too plausible to fit with the film’s otherwise cartoonish gore. —

Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026

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Still, enrollment at traditional public schools well exceeds 200,000, the budget is greater than $7 billion and the district is recognized as the county’s largest landowner and employer.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
But the cost of providing quality care — especially for infants and toddlers, where staffing requirements are highest — often exceeds what families can realistically afford to pay.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026