overprice

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Recent Examples of overprice 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 Left-wing populists expose how Big Pharma manipulates the health care system, using their immense wealth and political influence to put profits over people, deliberately keeping lifesaving medications overpriced and out of reach – all of which has been said by politicians like Bernie Sanders. Dominik Stecuła, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overprice
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Verb
  • The activists, rightly galled by the snuffing out of unborn life, think the politicians overestimate the risks of standing with the unborn.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 June 2025
  • Leaders frequently overestimate their empathic abilities.
    Jody Michael, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • To be sure, Coin stock does look a bit overvalued at the moment.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Data from the International Monetary Fund showed the dollar was 105% overvalued on a purchasing power basis last year, topping previous peaks in 1985 and 2002, Sterling wrote in a recent research note.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • That leads one to wonder if Buckley and his team overrated his striking and failed to focus on Usman’s strengths leading into the fight.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • The backlog has inflated the jail population by 13%, pushing it from 6,722 on Feb. 15 before the strike began to 7,605 as of Thursday, Vera Institute records show.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
  • Ukraine claimed to have shot down or neutralized 475 of the 537 drones and missiles fired, though Ukraine and Russia are known to inflate the effectiveness of their air defense capabilities.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025

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“Overprice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overprice. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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