overproduction
Example Sentences
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Electric vehicles offer a revealing example: Years of purchase subsidies encouraged households to buy EVs but also stimulated rampant overproduction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Then came the junk wax period, marked by mass overproduction that devalued the product.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025
Dr. Thierry notes that ongoing overproduction of NETs, driven by cycles of inflammation and clot formation, may worsen disease severity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025
Looking forwards, some V8 members that have exceeded their output quotas in the past will need to compensate for their overproduction, and Russia in particular "is already at full capacity", Ashford told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
In the strictest secrecy, we fed it the original data involved in the steel decision, its own answer, and the actual developments since,—the overproduction, that is,—and asked for an explanation of the discrepancy.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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