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How to use the word overshoot in a Sentence?

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It’s important to be realistic, sometimes we overshoot. We’ll be like, ‘Let’s go on this six-mile hike’ and expect Roam to be an angel for a six-mile hike… Just know that there are probably going to be meltdowns in the process at some point.

Kristin Watson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

So can further evidence that the FOMC’s outlook for inflation is shifting. In particular, analysts will look for signs that the FOMC is less confident the spike in inflation will be transitory, or that the FOMC’s tolerance for an inflation overshoot is waning.

Joe Capurso

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We believe that corporate credit is fundamentally weak and could overshoot to the downside if the economy deteriorates.

Dan Ivascyn

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I definitely recommend smoking or vaping as you're learning how to use cannabis, because you can overshoot with edibles and have an uncomfortable experience.

Nick Karras

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This will fan Fed concerns that inflation will overshoot the central bank's 2 percent objective by more than policymakers are willing to stomach, the Fed could be crossing its fingers that the supply side of the economy responds, helping slow or halt the unemployment rate's decline.

Ryan Sweet

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Since the inner clock relies on sunlight to stay in sync, winter sunrise is later and winter nights are longer, melatonin can overshoot into the day, causing grogginess or 'brain fog,' for several hours.

Michael Terman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The greatest men sometimes overshoot themselves, but then their very mistakes are so many lessons of instruction.

Tom Browne

added by anonymous
12 years ago

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