overshoot
Example Sentences
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The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, slightly overshooting consensus forecasts, while a measure of underemployment that tracks part-time workers looking to go full time jumped to a four-year high.
"Science now tells us that a temporary overshoot beyond the 1.5°C limit -- starting at the latest in the early 2030s -- is inevitable," he said.
From Science Daily
“But it’s also true that, as we go through these investment cycles, there are moments where we overshoot, collectively as an industry.”
From Barron's
“When we go through these investment cycles, there are moments we overshoot as an industry,” Pichai said in an interview with the BBC, released on Tuesday.
From Barron's
But in recent weeks even the UN has said it accepts that overshooting this temperature is "inevitable".
From BBC
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