overreact
Example Sentences
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Over time, investors are best served holding steady through volatility and thinking longer term amid the market’s tendency to overreact.
From Barron's
Sepsis develops when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection and begins damaging its own tissues and organs.
From Science Daily
“You don’t think you’re sick. You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you’re seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you’re losing your grip entirely,” he wrote.
From Salon
"You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely," said West, whose achievements include winning 24 Grammy awards.
From Barron's
“They overreacted, and there’s proof that they overreacted because now there’s a framework that makes sense,” Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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