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
In Texas, a cargo plane overshot the runway during takeoff and caught fire.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
Harrison Ford The actor/pilot who is well-known for crashing his plane onto a golf course and overshooting a runway is trying to persuade us to buy a car?
—Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
The space around a runway, known as the runway safety area, is intended to provide unobstructed space for aircraft that may overshoot, undershoot or veer off a runway during landing.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The plane landed without its front landing gear deployed, overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into a fireball.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
Harrison Ford The actor/pilot who is well-known for crashing his plane onto a golf course and overshooting a runway is trying to persuade us to buy a car?
—Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
The space around a runway, known as the runway safety area, is intended to provide unobstructed space for aircraft that may overshoot, undershoot or veer off a runway during landing.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The plane landed without its front landing gear deployed, overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into a fireball.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshoot
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Although the stock has since bounced back and exceeded its previous highs – achieving $130.18 in May 2025 – its past indicates susceptibility to macroeconomic challenges.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Traditional taxis cost less than half that, but the journey can exceed 90 minutes in traffic.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Students’ possession of drugs in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools last school year surpassed even the 10-year high reached in 2022-23, according to state data released earlier this year.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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