as in overproduction
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Recent Examples of overstock
The slender building was formerly used as storage by its previous owner, who bought and resold overstock products.
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Katie Akin, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Effective inventory allocation, for example, is central to operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, but retailers continue to grapple with balancing overstock and understock, inaccurate demand forecasting and inefficient distribution systems.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Amazon’s overstock deals include bags of all sizes, such as this American Tourister luggage set for less than $150, and smaller bags like this Fossil tote for 46 percent off to keep your wallet, water bottle, and sunscreen close by.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2025
Liquidity Services works with eight of the nation’s 10 largest retailers, bringing their overstock and returned goods to the warehouses and reselling them.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2024
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Katie Akin, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Effective inventory allocation, for example, is central to operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, but retailers continue to grapple with balancing overstock and understock, inaccurate demand forecasting and inefficient distribution systems.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Amazon’s overstock deals include bags of all sizes, such as this American Tourister luggage set for less than $150, and smaller bags like this Fossil tote for 46 percent off to keep your wallet, water bottle, and sunscreen close by.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2025
Liquidity Services works with eight of the nation’s 10 largest retailers, bringing their overstock and returned goods to the warehouses and reselling them.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstock
Noun
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Yet, conceptually, Crewe’s approach works: The gleeful overproduction only enhances the absurdity of Golden’s lyrics.—
Jeff Gage,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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From the late 1930s until 2014, the federal government implemented a series of price supports to stabilize farm income that wound up driving overproduction.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
Noun
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New movies and series are added to Apple TV Plus every Wednesday and Friday, ad-free, and in surplus.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
26 May 2025
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Connecticut has funneled $12.5 billion in surpluses since 2017 to build reserves and scale back pension debt, a furious pace that far outstrips any similar effort in modern history.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The survey had some findings about choice paralysis and overabundance.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Despite having an overabundance of Harlequin romances, her Zion stock was full of genres for everyone’s reading tastes.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That's right—even the sprayer in your at-home spa needs to be cleaned from time to time to remove an excess of buildup that can change the way your soothing shower feels.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
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Workers have to remove large seven-point leaves, weigh them and account for each piece of plant material before the excess gets thrown away.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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Plus years of excessive demand have sparked an oversupply of agave — the main ingredient in tequila — causing prices to sharply decline as inventory goes unsold, damaging profits for farmers.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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The Texas housing market is undergoing a substantial correction, driven by a combination of oversupply, declining demand and persistent affordability issues.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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“Overstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstock. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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