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- verb To
expand to an excessive or unwise degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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DeMille began to expand the studio, then began to overexpand it.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Michael Stravato for Wall Street Journal Systemax now has 34 CompUSA stores and vows not to overexpand.
Web Breathes New Life Into Failed Retailers Miguel Bustillo 2010
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Michael Stravato for Wall Street Journal Systemax now has 34 CompUSA stores and vows not to overexpand.
Web Breathes New Life Into Failed Retailers Miguel Bustillo 2010
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Michael Stravato for Wall Street Journal Systemax now has 34 CompUSA stores and vows not to overexpand.
Web Breathes New Life Into Failed Retailers Miguel Bustillo 2010
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Ant colonies have good years and bad ones, but they don't, as a rule, overexpand out of reckless greed and then collapse in economic crisis.
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Retailers are particularly vulnerable in the current downturn after a decade of buoyant consumer spending, which encouraged them to overexpand and overborrow.
Wave of Bankruptcy Filings Expected From Retailers in Wake of Holidays 2009
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In a way it is this carefulness not to overexpand too quickly that should help protect the industry, which has a long, collective memory of crises reaching back two centuries.
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This limits the degree to which the bullet can mushroom and ensures that it does not overexpand and come flying apart.
David E. 2005
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What they needed to do was build the fan base, but no, they overexpand and run the league out of money.
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Too little leavening will leave it flat and dense, while too much will cause the batter to overexpand and collapse into a coarse structure with a harsh flavor.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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