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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

But after decades of interacting with others, I trust my instincts not to overstep, to know when to stay in my own lane when the other lane doesn’t seem receptive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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

Manager Chris Wilder said his players did not "overstep the mark" and dismissed the incident as something that happens "at every club up and down the country, three or four times a year".

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 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

Hikari channels that quality to good use in “Rental Family” but never oversteps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

Watch as England miss three big chances to pick up Australian wickets as Jonny Bairstow misses a stumping and drops a catch and Stuart Broad oversteps after bowling Usman Khawaja.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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

Kavanaugh again referred the matter to his colleagues, and on Friday evening, the high court made clear that it thought the appeals panel had overstepped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

For a moment I thought I had overstepped my limits.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

This column would love to believe that this story is about a vice president overstepping his authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But navigating the ins and outs of stories that intertwine without overstepping has required nimbleness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Disease usually results from inconclusive negotiations for symbiosis, an overstepping of the line by one side or the other, a biologic misinterpretation of borders.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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