as in exceeding
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Recent Examples of overstepping
This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them.
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Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
Last week, a disagreement over the electoral law erupted into a power struggle between Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the Provisional Electoral Council after council members accused the government of overstepping its authority and acting unconstitutionally.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
As such, the AI might give you a flimsy answer and be overstepping its skis.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Once the season started Gonzalez tried to support his teammates from afar without overstepping.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
One of the easiest ways to be helpful without overstepping is to check in about small but important logistics.
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Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
22 May 2026
But nearly 80 local and county governments, including Milan Township, challenged it in court, arguing the commission was overstepping its authority.
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Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit alleges the agency is overstepping its authority by unilaterally redefining the legal standard for hemp.
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Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Jean Fisher, an administrator in DHW’s Division of Youth Safety and Permanancy, answered questions lawmakers had about the possibility of courts overstepping in cases of terminating visitations.
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Shannon Tyler
march 27,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
Last week, a disagreement over the electoral law erupted into a power struggle between Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the Provisional Electoral Council after council members accused the government of overstepping its authority and acting unconstitutionally.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
As such, the AI might give you a flimsy answer and be overstepping its skis.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Once the season started Gonzalez tried to support his teammates from afar without overstepping.
—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
One of the easiest ways to be helpful without overstepping is to check in about small but important logistics.
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
22 May 2026
But nearly 80 local and county governments, including Milan Township, challenged it in court, arguing the commission was overstepping its authority.
—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit alleges the agency is overstepping its authority by unilaterally redefining the legal standard for hemp.
—
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Jean Fisher, an administrator in DHW’s Division of Youth Safety and Permanancy, answered questions lawmakers had about the possibility of courts overstepping in cases of terminating visitations.
—
Shannon Tyler
march 27,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstepping
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Temperatures have reached a heat index exceeding 110 degrees.
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Ultimately, every hire should create value equal to or exceeding the investment the company makes in hiring, developing, and compensating them.
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The park discipline saw Japan's 15-year-old Mizuho Hasegawa achieve the highest women's park score ever recorded, surpassing reigning world champion Sky Brown.
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Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.
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“Overstepping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstepping. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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