overextension

Example Sentences

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The headlines that tie business development companies’ stock declines to overextension are misplaced.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

One potential pitfall is overextension, which is the problem of taking on too much debt or getting stuck in debt over time, which I described above.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

DC universe come at a time when studios across the industry contend with audience fatigue and the overextension of franchises.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

The same can’t be said of Marvel itself, according to a recent Variety story enumerating the disarray in Marvel’s business suites where executives have lost the thread due to the MCU’s overextension.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Overproduction of tobacco, overextension of credit by British merchants, speculation in lands and tobacco, and inflated prices caused the tobacco economy to collapse.

From The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service