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overstep

[oh-ver-step] / ˌoʊ vərˈstɛp /
VERB
exceed
Synonyms


VERB
infringe
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Huang also touted Nvidia OpenShell, a so-called sandbox he said would allow users to make sure that AI agents did not overstep user-defined boundaries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mike Kaercher, deputy director of the New York University Tax Law Center, called the Treasury’s move a welcome first step in shutting down strategies that overstep the bounds of the law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Pike testified that it was not his job “to overstep and tell him what to do. He earned that rank.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

"I know there have been complaints about it but I don't want to speak too much about it and overstep the mark," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

Relief washes over me that Mom didn’t overstep, but now I feel stupid, because I’ve just given her dirt on me that I didn’t want her to have.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Society loses sight of human reality “when the economy turns against the person or science oversteps the limits of its competence,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

In the annals of strategic oversteps in America’s post-9/11 forever war, our shoeless airport security lines will go down as a footnote.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025

The kinetic staging, while keeping the action from becoming claustrophobic, sometimes oversteps the mark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

The film treads the line of tastelessness, but it never oversteps.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023

“Someone tend the babe before he oversteps himself,” the noble said to the crowd.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

However, she definitely overstepped the mark by indicating that leaving the home to her two adult children is the “decent” thing to do.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

In his lawsuit, Black said the committee overstepped its authority by asking Black about NDAs that weren’t related to Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"The Court has concluded that the Board overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump," Judge Christopher Cooper ruled.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

There were some in SNP circles who thought the police had seriously overstepped and would eventually face a reckoning.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

The question blurted out like a pitcher’s fast ball, and I knew right off that I had overstepped.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

At first, Carson is repulsed by Rapp’s slimy overstepping, but she slowly learns not to loathe him.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Lagarde also took an expansive view of both her job and the ECB’s, sometimes drawing criticism for overstepping her role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Seven police officers were suspended and are under disciplinary investigation for overstepping their authority.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"No matter what your beliefs, you should be able to do your role as a councillor without abuse from the wider public and people should be able to debate without overstepping boundaries," Madgwich said.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

If it is not overstepping myself, I would greatly appreciate your telling me if you find being a nun very satisfactory, in a spiritual way, of course.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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