overstepped

verb

past tense of overstep
as in exceeded
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 overstepped But Trump’s lawyers filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court arguing the judges had overstepped their authority. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 The trade court ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped the tariff power that Congress had delegated to the president under the law. — ABC News, 11 June 2026 In December, Rozier requested that the case be dismissed, arguing that the government had overstepped by charging him with fraud. — Tom Winter, NBC news, 28 May 2026 The lawsuit claims Trump overstepped his authority by moving forward with the project without first getting approval from key federal agencies and Congress. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 The Supreme Court in February ruled against the tariffs, siding with importer plaintiffs that argued the president overstepped his authority in imposing them. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 May 2026 The dispute centers on whether CMS overstepped its authority, potentially undermining protections for vulnerable Medicaid recipients. — Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 But Ancel Glink representatives said Odelson, Murphey, Frazier and McGrath overstepped by petitioning to represent Calumet City in both a labor dispute and a lawsuit where a former employee claims Jones extorted him and wrongfully terminated his employment. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 In a brief authored by Ben Mesches and other attorneys from Haynes Boone, Holland & Knight and Wilkinson Stekloff, the NCAA argues that Lubbock County (Texas) District Court Judge Ken Curry overstepped his authority last Monday when declaring Sorsby immediately eligible. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstepped
  1. exceeded
  2. surpassed
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  • Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of exceeded
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  • The company, expected to report ​results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued ‌a $190 billion ⁠spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2026
  • The company, expected to report results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued a $190 billion spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.
    — Aditya Soni, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of surpassed

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