overproduction

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Recent Examples of overproduction Peter Turchin forecasted a spike in unrest around 2020, driven by economic inequality, elite overproduction, and rising public debt. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 Founded in Hawaii in 2015, the brand utilizes an on-demand production model, only crafting its shoes after orders are placed to minimize waste and overproduction. Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 15 May 2025 This waste incurs substantial environmental and financial costs due to overproduction and the fast fashion model. Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 In the food industry, for instance, predictive models can flag temperature anomalies in cold chains, helping to prevent spoilage and ensure food safety, as well as optimizing resource utilization and reducing overproduction and excess inventory. Azra Nurkic, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overproduction
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, the too-young Thunder are too-young no longer, an NBA champion with a surplus of draft capital still to burn.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 June 2025
  • Speaking on Monday at Bloomberg’s Future of Finance in Ireland event in Dublin, Donohoe said that the government must use that surplus with an eye on the longer term.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The lavish display of money and excess has provoked backlash from local residents and environmental demonstrators who protest the use of the Unesco world heritage site as a playground for the super-rich.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 27 June 2025
  • An excess of Helena, which no one, least of all me, wanted.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025

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“Overproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overproduction. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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