OVEREXTEND Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

overextend

verb

Definition of overextend

as in to broaden

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Recent Examples of overextend Finances may feel a little tight this month, so get creative rather than overextended. — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026 Tying the government’s budget to the actual economic reality of its citizens prevents the state from overextending during boom years and creating painful deficits during downturns. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 Currently, we are overextended based on that metric, but the path has begun and that average becomes our ultimate risk level. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 14 May 2026 Eagles general manager Howie Roseman does not overextend his budget on edge rushers. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overextend

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To support that effort, Eagle recently expanded its technical team by adding Yukuskokon Professional Services while broadening existing partnerships with BBA USA and SLR International for engineering, resource evaluation and permitting work.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Children of foreign diplomats are already excluded from birthright citizenship, and the new order broadens the covered categories.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of broaden

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The grand jury subpoena was filed in April and was almost immediately met with resistance from Fulton County officials, who argued the request was overreaching and came from baseless claims of election fraud six years ago.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 8 July 2026
The first is treating agentic AI as overhyped due to demos that overreach.

— Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of overreach

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Missouri’s Ramon Fiorini looked to widen the gap on Ginga Ninja, but his first go resulted in a re-ride, and the Freedom’s Alex Cerqueira also got a re-ride on Big Red to follow it up.

— Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
That smacks of an unwritten tax on trade, widening the competitiveness gap between local firms and global peers.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of widen

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Liverpool will be guaranteed to play at least 48 times this season, and the expectation will be to comfortably exceed 50 matches.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceed

Verb

Start the conversation, suggest the class, or invite someone into a plan that expands the room.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
South Africa's utility, Eskom, plans to develop a 1-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility to capture more value from its fast-expanding solar market and respond to changing electricity demand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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