oversupply
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But in the Central Highlands there are concerns about the reliance on China, as well as the risks of oversupply as more farmers join the rush.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
California wine has already been contending with declining demand and global oversupply issues, leading to downsizing, closures and disposal of tons of grapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Crocs attacked an oversupply of aging inventory by ditching discounts and making products less available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Higher-cost inventories and global oversupply are likely to keep weighing on producers even after shipping disruptions ease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Should not the oversupply of teachers be reduced by directing many of our graduates into other pursuits than teaching?
From The Women of Tomorrow by William Hard
The Calgary-based company in 2009 spun off Cenovus Energy Inc. to focus on natural gas as prices for the resource began falling because of oversupplies generated by an onshore drilling boom in North America.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2011
However, farmers should stop worrying so much about price-deflating oversupplies of beef and other meats.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The oil market was well oversupplied at the outset.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
At the same time, the prices of Air Jordan 1s and Air Force 1s on the platform have recovered, a sign the market is no longer oversupplied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The market still looks oversold, not oversupplied, and the ‘well-supplied’ signal out of Asia is a drawdown, not necessarily an influx of Hormuz barrels,” said Kyle Bertamini, an analyst with Enverus Intelligence Research.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The market would get oversupplied with oil and profits would fall.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Several large smelters had not found it profitable to install recovery plants, as the market might have been oversupplied and prices were low.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
That is a sign that Asics isn’t oversupplying the market with its lifestyle sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But memory providers have been reluctant to add more capacity out of fear of oversupplying a typically cyclical market.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
But Steur’s lawyers said that the company began to intentionally oversaturate the market, oversupplying law enforcement.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
A more intense construction blitz also risks oversupplying the market.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2022
If the goal of graduate programs is to create highly trained scientists, then these programs are oversupplying the workforce by the hundreds of thousands.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
