overextend

verb

Definition of overextendnext
as in to broaden

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Recent Examples of overextend Seek partnerships that align with your brand, opening new revenue streams without overextending your resources. — Sheraz Ahmed, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Watch for overextending your budget when the Pisces moon meets Jupiter. — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Focus on balancing passion with practicality, and avoid overextending yourself emotionally or financially. — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Advertisement Consumer watchdogs also say the plans lead consumers to overextend themselves because, for example, not paying full price upfront leaves, in the shopper’s mind at least, more money for smaller purchases. — Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for overextend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overextend
  1. broaden
  2. overreach
  3. widen
  4. exceed
  5. expand
Verb
  • My jazz listening broadened in college and in my 20s, often toward more genre-clashing artists such as Toronto jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD, American guitarist Jeff Parker and fusion group Return to Forever, led by the late Chick Corea.
    — Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Best Buy has been broadening its service offerings, particularly through Geek Squad and its health segment, to support product sales, improve margins, and enhance customer engagement.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of broaden
Verb
  • In 1954, McCarthy overreached by accusing the U.S. Army—Eisenhower’s beloved longtime employer—of secretly harboring yet more Communists.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Be skeptical of extensions requesting unnecessary access: Some extensions overreach on purpose.
    — Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of overreach
Verb
  • The first detailed nationwide data on schools’ recovery shows that achievement gaps have widened, with the poorest students the furthest behind.
    — Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • More than 50,000 Russian troops have deserted and gone absent without leave since Russia widened its war on Ukraine three years ago, according to a new report from Ukrainian analysis group Frontelligence Insight.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of widen
Verb
  • According to the study, amounts of metals found in the cookies often exceeded limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Currently being adapted into an animation series slated for summer release, pre-registrations on Tencent Video for the series have already exceeded 830,000.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of exceed
Verb
  • The analyst believes that Costco has the opportunity to expand its warehouse footprint further.
    — TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The film, which expanded to top markets including LA, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Seattle and Phoenix, was still the highest-grossing pic at several top theaters including the Somerville Theatre and the Avalon Theatre in DC.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of expand

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“Overextend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextend. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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