oversupply

Example Sentences

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Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The memory market is historically cyclical, and some on Wall Street seem spooked by awareness of past cycles in which oversupply eroded industry profits.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

But experts have suggested that such rapid growth also led to lower teaching quality and an oversupply of graduates in the job market.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

As Barron’s has written, the memory-chip business is historically cyclical, with periods of undersupply followed by oversupply, leading to a fall across the sector.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

We have already alluded to the great oversupply of teachers of schools.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.