as in overproduction
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Recent Examples of overstock
This flexibility allows manufacturers to streamline production, reduce waste and avoid the pitfalls of overstock.
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Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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
This is an overstock sale, but the products can still be returned and support Nomad's two-year warranty.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
New, open-box items, like this Apple Pencil, are typically overstock items from store shelves.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024
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Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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
This is an overstock sale, but the products can still be returned and support Nomad's two-year warranty.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
New, open-box items, like this Apple Pencil, are typically overstock items from store shelves.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstock
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Modularity: Innovating for Sustainable Consumption One promising avenue to combat overproduction and waste is the adoption of modular fashion.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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This approach will minimize the overproduction of unwanted, non-trendy products, thereby reducing wastage.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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For example, imports and exports create a trade deficit or surplus, which affects the amount of U.S. debt and property owned by foreign entities, which in turn affects the federal government’s financial strength.—
Mike Patton,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The probe revealed that the village's general fund had diminished from a $5.6 million surplus in 2022 to a $3.6 million deficit in 2024, raising concerns about questionable credit card purchases and a lack of financial accountability.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Protects Against Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Oxidative stress is caused by an overabundance of free radicals (unstable molecules made during normal cell metabolism).—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
18 Feb. 2025
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The potential culprit: an overabundance of certain omega-6 fatty acids — perhaps from ultraprocessed foods in your diet — that may hinder the anti-inflammatory and tumor-fighting properties of another essential fatty acid, omega-3.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
11 Dec. 2024
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Cook salmon: Remove salmon from marinade, discarding excess.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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For the past three seasons, the series has revealed the quirks, impulses, excesses, dysfunctions, nuances and eccentricities of the wealthy against the backdrop of a luxury resort chain and its not-so faceless employees.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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An ongoing reduction in the demand for housing leads to an oversupply of vacant properties.—
Camila Alvayay Torrejon,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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As the current trading year nears its end, crude oil markets are heading to 2025 in a largely bearish mood on familiar concerns of oversupply, lackluster demand from China and a stronger dollar.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Overstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstock. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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