oversubscribe
verb
over·sub·scribe
ˌō-vər-səb-ˈskrīb 
oversubscribed; oversubscribing; oversubscribes
: to subscribe for more of than is available
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If the fund is oversubscribed, priority will be given to projects prepared to close this year, and projects that produce the greatest number of units.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
The deal was oversubscribed, indicating strong demand.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Big observatories are oversubscribed, limited by geography and have a huge operational cost, so by encouraging global users to contribute with their telescopes, Unistellar is turning individual observations into usable scientific data.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The Philippines had rehab centers, but since the drug war began they’d been chronically oversubscribed.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Brookfield Asset Management raised $20 billion, with Abu Dhabi energy transition fund Altérra as an anchor investor, for green investments, oversubscribed due to surging investor interest in clean power for AI.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
In comparing Waterwave and MPS, the researchers found that MPS outperforms Waterwave by a small margin when the GPU memory has not oversubscribed computing jobs.
—Michelle Hampson, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
The company, which has since brought on board a third general partner, Effie Epstein, has now raised $240 million to invest in A.I. The round was oversubscribed, though Sound Ventures has not revealed by how much.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 May 2023
Pletcher, a three-time Belmont winner, originally thought the race could oversubscribe.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2020
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
The deal was oversubscribed, indicating strong demand.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Big observatories are oversubscribed, limited by geography and have a huge operational cost, so by encouraging global users to contribute with their telescopes, Unistellar is turning individual observations into usable scientific data.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The Philippines had rehab centers, but since the drug war began they’d been chronically oversubscribed.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Brookfield Asset Management raised $20 billion, with Abu Dhabi energy transition fund Altérra as an anchor investor, for green investments, oversubscribed due to surging investor interest in clean power for AI.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
In comparing Waterwave and MPS, the researchers found that MPS outperforms Waterwave by a small margin when the GPU memory has not oversubscribed computing jobs.
—Michelle Hampson, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
The company, which has since brought on board a third general partner, Effie Epstein, has now raised $240 million to invest in A.I. The round was oversubscribed, though Sound Ventures has not revealed by how much.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 May 2023
Pletcher, a three-time Belmont winner, originally thought the race could oversubscribe.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2020
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“Oversubscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversubscribe. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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oversubscribe
verb
over·sub·scribe
-səb-ˈskrīb
: to subscribe for more of than is available
oversubscribe a stock issue
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