overextended

verb

Definition of overextendednext
past tense of overextend
as in overreached

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  1. broadened
  2. widened
  3. expanded
Verb
  • This strategic move brought more than 770 talented employees to our team and broadened our reach to more than 12,500 customers globally.
    Milan Shetti, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Biden administration broadened its export controls in October 2022 that blocked sales of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to Chinese companies.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of broadened
Verb
  • Beyond this, the study only focused on whether gaps in mortality rates between Black and white people widened or narrowed.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The gap has widened substantially since around 2010, as the figure below shows.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of widened
Verb
  • From a small area of less than one square kilometer in 1986, the vegetation expanded to nearly 12 square kilometers in 2021.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Having recently expanded into publishing, the Black List will be dropping further diversity lists over the next several months.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of expanded
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“Overextended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextended. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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