How to Use overbroad in a Sentence

overbroad

adjective
  • The judge said the law violates free speech rights and is overbroad and vague.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There are lots of goofy forms that miss important points, or that have overbroad provisions.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Critics say many are overbroad and include many more people than those reasonably near the scene of a crime.
    — Sidney Fussell, Wired, 2 June 2020
  • Later, the city determined that the records request was overbroad.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
  • In other words, Walensky may have painted the good news with a slightly overbroad brush.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The judge concluded that the law is overbroad and overly restrictive.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 July 2024
  • Rather, it is written to shut parents down by creating a new overbroad and vague criminal law that puts fear in their minds.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But while limits to the authority surely make sense, calls to abolish no-knocks entirely are overbroad.
    — Emily R. Daniel New York Daily News (tns), Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Trump’s claims that the subpoena, to his accountants at Mazars USA, was issued in bad faith and is overbroad.
    — Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The company’s own research revealed its overbroad influence, too, Mehta noted.
    — Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But the report also pointed to how overbroad and undue guardianships are increasing, and how there remains a lack of knowledge about alternatives.
    — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • This has provoked an uproar among tattooists who have argued the restrictions are overbroad, sow unnecessary concern among clients and undermine their art.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2022
  • Defendants say the law is vague and overbroad, defining civil disorder as any violent, public disturbance involving more than two people.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • Hansen argued that those counts should have been dismissed because the section of immigration law he was convicted under is overbroad and unconstitutional.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Legislative Democrats, civil libertarians and local government leaders called the law is overbroad and vague.
    — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • But proposals for quick and widespread takedown, with no safeguards or even discussion of the risks of overbroad censorship, are incomplete and irresponsible.
    — Emma Llansó, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2019
  • The court left open the possibility of deciding whether the law was unconstitutionally overbroad if the issue was raised in an appropriate case.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • But a federal appeals court ruled that the law on encouragement is overbroad and violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment and overturned just those convictions.
    — Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Defense attorneys have argued the charges are vague and overbroad, while others contested the fairness of a jury that will consider alleged crimes committed at the heart of the capital city.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • While its path to passage remains less certain than the EU bills—critics argue the proposals are vague and overbroad—the legislation could gain approval later this year.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The group claimed the law would impact their livelihoods due to the law’s overbroad language restricting artistic performances, especially considering the group’s drag-centric themes.
    — Angele Latham, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • The law uses vague and overbroad vocabulary and discourages participation in protests by criminalizing it lawyers allege in the filing.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The former provides no practical disincentive for their general usage while the latter is overbroad and could endanger officers’ lives as well as certain investigations.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Despite its overbroad dicta, the logic of Dobbs militates toward recognition of the unborn child’s constitutional personhood.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Judge Presnell’s injunction rested on a doctrine peculiar to First Amendment cases, one that allows judges to strike down overbroad laws because of their chilling effect on others’ speech.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Those customers are required to report ordinary local accounts to the IRS under the overbroad Fatca law, which was meant to target tax evasion via secret overseas accounts.
    — Peter Spiro, wsj.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Companies like Facebook argued that the bill uses overbroad terminology to define high-risk systems, resulting in overregulation.
    — Khari Johnson, Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • For these reasons, Section 1 is unconstitutionally overbroad.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The courts have previously found the Arizona Department of Corrections' media policy to be overbroad and unconstitutional.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
  • The litigation argues that Ohio’s law — which requires social media companies to obtain a parent’s permission for children under 16 to sign up for social media and gaming apps — unconstitutionally impedes free speech and is overbroad and vague.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024

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