oversell
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The enjoyment is in not needing to explain the reference, or oversell the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s also true that the egg-freezing industry has an incentive to overpromise and oversell.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“When we are nervous about getting a job we really want, we try to oversell ourselves,” West said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
I don't want to oversell this because my daughter still loves French fries, but now she knows that in order to get those normal fries you're going to have to enjoy some green ones first.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
But he’s funny as hell up there—sinking to his knees, grasping his head, moaning—and I don’t want to oversell it or anything, but this just may be the most iconic performance of all time.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Resisting AI innovation is as wrongheaded as overselling its immediate impact and needlessly scaring American workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
It keeps well, travels well — and I swear I’m not overselling — it really is extraordinary.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
Kimmelman worries potential overselling of trial benefits isn’t limited to cancer.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
“Love Lies Bleeding” isn’t on par with Cain or Thompson, and overselling a comparison would be silly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Gray had set himself deliberately to the task of selling himself to this gentleman of the press, and, having succeeded, he was enough of a salesman to avoid the fatal error of overselling.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Yields surged in the third quarter, and some investors considered Treasurys to be oversold heading into Friday’s session.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Now they have worsened to the state that they are in deeply oversold territory, which might suggest a bounce may be needed before declines can resume.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Disappointing returns on AI are read as evidence that the technology has been oversold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next moves, the standoff between the U.S. and Iran and whether the AI build-out is oversold or overhyped have all clouded the outlook for stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Unfortunately, we’re oversold on this flight,” she says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
