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Examples of overshoot in a Sentence
The plane overshot the runway.
Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
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McKee overshot a receiver on his first attempt in the practice but completed his next two passes — including one that hit Ainias Smith in stride along the sideline.
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Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
The Game 3 hero got the inbounds pass from Courtney Vandersloot but overshot the basket, much to the relief of the Lynx and the crowd.
—David Close, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately, Angela overshot with her answer of 15,500 — the real answer was 10,102 minutes — leading Chelsie to win the game with her guess of 1,080.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
And there is a risk that Washington will overshoot in scaling back financial regulations, setting the stage for a replay of the 2008 financial crisis.
—Lane Kenworthy, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
The Game 3 hero got the inbounds pass from Courtney Vandersloot but overshot the basket, much to the relief of the Lynx and the crowd.
—David Close, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately, Angela overshot with her answer of 15,500 — the real answer was 10,102 minutes — leading Chelsie to win the game with her guess of 1,080.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
And there is a risk that Washington will overshoot in scaling back financial regulations, setting the stage for a replay of the 2008 financial crisis.
—Lane Kenworthy, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoot. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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overshoot
verb
over·shoot
ˌō-vər-ˈshüt 
overshot
-ˈshät
; overshooting
; overshooting
1
: to miss by going beyond
the plane overshot the runway
2
: to shoot over or beyond
overshot the target
Medical Definition
overshoot
noun
over·shoot
ˈō-vər-ˌshüt
: a rapid change in electrical potential and reversal of polarity that occurs during an action potential when a cell or tissue is stimulated
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