overshoot
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Underlying price growth over the last three months is lower than the three months before that, and much of the overshoot traces to one-off factors rather than an overheating economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He said the borrowing overshoot "will probably get bigger" this year as economic growth slows and the government rolls out more measures to support households with the cost of living.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We must act with far greater urgency to strictly limit the magnitude and duration of any overshoot beyond 1.5C," Guterres said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
According to the study, dependence on fossil fuels has temporarily hidden the effects of ecological overshoot by supporting food production, industrial growth, and energy supplies.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Someone is there with a kidney dish, but I overshoot and hear liquid splash across the floor, splattering against the wall.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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And the high fixed costs encourage producers to run fabs at full capacity—even when supply overshoots demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
The implication is clear: Central banks are preparing the public for a world in which inflation persistently overshoots 2%.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Even if the company overshoots its needs, it would “simply grow into the capacity over time,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
All in all, the dog’s extreme appearance overshoots “cute” and lands firmly in “unsettling” territory.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023
But such is deservedly the frequent fate of cunning, which, while it plots surprise and detection of others, commonly overshoots its mark, and ends in its own disgrace.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
Five people have died after Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway at Miami International Airport.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“While the single-family-home market is still recovering from the COVID-era shock, the condo market has overshot its baseline considerably,” Berner said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The two had a second incident at Turn Eight on the same lap, where Antonelli tried to overtake on the inside but overshot the corner and lost second place to McLaren's Lando Norris.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
“We think the market has overshot, but pricing a couple of hikes would not be wildly disproportionate, given that the energy shock could now trigger second-round effects,” Pantheon economists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The BOJ is expected to raise its policy rate to 1.25% from 1% as policymakers grow increasingly worried about inflation overshooting the bank’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the report, the BOJ emphasized the importance of stabilizing underlying inflation around 2% to reduce the risk of overshooting its target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That forecast sees inflation overshooting the ECB's two-percent inflation target this year and next.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
He predicted an October low, estimating that the price may drop to the 200-week moving average around $60,000 but acknowledging the possibility of it overshooting and “landing” somewhere between $48,000 and $55,000.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
She was overshooting the building Flailing in the grasp of the jacket, flying helplessly upward and then down again, she passed the roofs edge.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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