overextended

verb

past tense of overextend
as in overreached

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  1. overreached
  2. broadened
  3. widened
  4. expanded
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  • His comments come as OpenAI models have been involved in multiple security incidents in which agentic tools have overreached, hacking other companies and even government websites.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Ultimately, Judge Darwin ruled in favor of the California Gaming Association, reaffirming its argument that the Bureau of Gambling Control overreached by attempting to impose new regulations.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of overreached
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  • Since opening its doors in 2006, Banesco has steadily expanded its geographic reach, enhanced its capabilities, and broadened its client base.
    — JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • While previous Galaxy SmartTags only worked with Samsung phones, the new generation has been broadened to support iOS too.
    — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of broadened
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  • Audiences have grown far more discerning, Nakajima says, with a vast number of works now out in the world, and the range of what animators can express has widened considerably in 40 years.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The core silhouette remains unmistakably Fiat 500, but the body has been subtly widened and reworked.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of widened
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  • Through the development and community adoption of RPO, RoboParty expanded its technical capabilities to cover core actuators, robot bodies, motion control, dexterous manipulation and robotics software systems.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has expanded that all around the room, stacking the walls with portraits including those of George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
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“Overextended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overextended. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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