overreaching

Example Sentences

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It can take several months for investors to fully overcome this reflex, during which traders can profit by not underreacting.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Some African leaders have called the travel bans an overreaction, but we have already tried underreacting.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

Yet, it is at this early stage, in an absence of definitive facts and when there is a danger of both underreacting and overreacting, that the UK government has to act.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2021

I was fearful of going on the run I’d planned, yet I couldn’t tell whether I was overreacting or underreacting.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2021

“But now they have been in a spiral of escalation,” he said, “and we are underreacting when their capabilities are accelerating.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2016