as in to overestimate
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Recent Examples of overprice
None of the prominent starters rumored to be available at the trade deadline were moved, as Hoyer pointed out, suggesting the sellers were overpricing their assets.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Sellers often overprice, leading to longer times on the market, with many selling only out of necessity.
—Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
There are reasons to worry that stocks might be overpriced.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 July 2025
The truth is, overpricing your business doesn’t increase your chances of a better sale.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Sellers often overprice, leading to longer times on the market, with many selling only out of necessity.
—Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
There are reasons to worry that stocks might be overpriced.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 July 2025
The truth is, overpricing your business doesn’t increase your chances of a better sale.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
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Here, Gazdecki joins Big Think for a chat about when to let go and when to hold on, the dangers of overestimating one’s own ability, and why sometimes the smartest decisions are also the most difficult to make.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
6 Oct. 2025
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This extra information could have saved the lives of tourists who overestimate their hiking resilience, unhoused people unsure of their options to cool down and senior citizens who wait too long to ask for help — all causes of heat deaths every summer in Arizona.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Doing so, as Buffett argued in 2001, can be used to gauge whether the stock market is overvalued or undervalued relative to the size of the wider economy.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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That means Magnificent Seven stocks are historically overvalued.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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That’s consistently overrated as a factor.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both the Aggies and Fighting Irish ended up being overrated, but a win like that is still a big win.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Michigan House voted nearly unanimously in June to approve legislation aimed at cracking down on bots that purchase tickets in bulk, inflating demand and resale prices.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The pact is reportedly worth up to $150 million, although that pricetag has shocked industry observers as undoubtedly inflated by the desire of Paramount to bring Weiss, a former opinion writer for the New York Times, into the fold.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Overprice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overprice. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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