as in to overestimate
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Recent Examples of overprice
Now, buyers will wait for the right home and show little interest in homes that need updates or are overpriced.
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Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
There has been a mixed reaction online, as some thought the item was overpriced, while others defended the price tag because the sweaters are so sought-after.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Fixing the offensive line in free agency might be tricky because everything available is either going to be overpriced, aged or come with some baggage.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Its December 2018 draft report said Zolgensma would be overpriced at $2 million.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
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Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
There has been a mixed reaction online, as some thought the item was overpriced, while others defended the price tag because the sweaters are so sought-after.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Fixing the offensive line in free agency might be tricky because everything available is either going to be overpriced, aged or come with some baggage.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Its December 2018 draft report said Zolgensma would be overpriced at $2 million.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
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However, cases like this have been reported in previous research, such as an earlier observation of snakes that overestimated their abilities to swallow young rabbits and died while trying to do so.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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A good many of them can feel like Hail Mary passes by a brand desperate for growth, or a way to take out a rival, or simply the result of one company overestimating its ability to turn around another.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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Meanwhile, 46% of CFOs surveyed say the U.S. capital market is undervalued, and 41% say it’s overvalued.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Palantir , another Wall Street favorite known to be a high-risk, high-reward name, could also be overvalued as analysts see significant declines ahead of about 25%.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Declan Chisholm is a serviceable depth defenseman, but the model overrates his contributions in sheltered usage.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Nate Schmidt’s surplus value is technically higher than Reinhart’s — and there’s no denying the former has been an excellent third-pair contributor since January onward — but Schmidt is an example of the model overrating a depth player on an elite team.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Why Markets Haven’t Priced In Mortgage Defaults Markets are still fixated on tech earnings, inflated AI valuations, and the idea of a soft landing.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Those teams simply inflated the low-major leagues that compete for a single bid every year.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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“Overprice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overprice. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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