overextending

present participle of overextend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextending
Verb
  • The motion was withdrawn after a significant public and judicial backlash, an episode that solidified her image as a guardian of institutional integrity against an overreaching executive.
    Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Early Americans thus saw jury service not merely as a procedural safeguard against overreaching government authority, but as a way to distribute the power granted by the Constitution, ensuring that ordinary citizens played an important role.
    Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Klarna disclosed a net loss of $53 million in the second quarter, widening from $18 million in the same period a year go.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Financing challenges, supply chain disruptions, an uncertain talent pipeline, and — critically — a widening shortfall of the uranium required to run nuclear power facilities all loom as issues for a sector seen as key to addressing electricity demand growth while weaning grids off fossil fuels.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company has also been broadening its operations through acquisitions.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The cost of mobile handsets is the biggest barrier to broadening internet access in Africa, according to a new report seen by Semafor.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Student Experience and Programming — expanding academic programs such as the Capstone Design, the Flowers Invention Studio, and the Student Competition Center by supporting faculty mentors and students.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • France, which plans to recognize a Palestinian state this month at the United Nations, also voiced its opposition to Israel expanding operations in Gaza.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As experts, the members of Forbes Business Council have experience implementing customer service best practices without exceeding their budget or overwhelming their team.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • An American Medical Association survey of 13,000 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in 2022 reflected rates of burnout exceeding 50% in several key specialties.
    Patrick Aguilar, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Overextending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextending. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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