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as in thwarting
to get the better of through cleverness
a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul
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as in exceeding
to go beyond the limit of
the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly
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Recent Examples of overreaching
In the meantime, not everyone is convinced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t already overreaching in Syria to win domestic political points.
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
There’s a difference between overreaching and more dangerous behaviors.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Unfortunately, an overreaching renovation of the interior didn’t leave much more intact than the whimsical floor mosaics depicting the bora and the other winds of the Adriatic.
—Taras Grescoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Simpler requirements, such as mandatory labeling, could fix portions of the law that are overreaching.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
First, Beijing is quite capable of overreaching and overplaying its hand by becoming too demanding and exploitative.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
There’s a difference between overreaching and more dangerous behaviors.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Unfortunately, an overreaching renovation of the interior didn’t leave much more intact than the whimsical floor mosaics depicting the bora and the other winds of the Adriatic.
—Taras Grescoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Simpler requirements, such as mandatory labeling, could fix portions of the law that are overreaching.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
First, Beijing is quite capable of overreaching and overplaying its hand by becoming too demanding and exploitative.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overreaching
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Crocs business continues to demonstrate strong overall performance, with a Q3 operating margin exceeding 25%, an impressive metric for a footwear company.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Enterprises in stages three and four, on the other hand, had financial performance well above industry average — exceeding 10 percentage points.Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Arizona's temperature can be deceiving and deadly.Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
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In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max.Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 edition marks the highest tally of all time, greatly surpassing Barack Obama’s previous record of 95,894 pages.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The movie Wicked has officially become the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in box office history, surpassing the movie musical Mamma Mia.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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As a result, terrorists and rogue states now have a harder time circumventing conventional financial controls.Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
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On December 11, the European Union approved its 15th sanctions package against the Kremlin, targeting entities within Russia and third-party nations that facilitate upgraded military and technological capabilities by circumventing restrictions.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Liverpool are regularly seeing apps that replicate the appearance of genuine tickets — fooling not just first-time visitors to Anfield.James Pearce, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Overreaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overreaching. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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