overstock

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Recent Examples of overstock Amazon’s Outlet is a hub full of fleeting overstock deals in every department. Clara McMahon, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 The slender building was formerly used as storage by its previous owner, who bought and resold overstock products. Katie Akin, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025 Effective inventory allocation, for example, is central to operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, but retailers continue to grapple with balancing overstock and understock, inaccurate demand forecasting and inefficient distribution systems. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025 Amazon’s overstock deals include bags of all sizes, such as this American Tourister luggage set for less than $150, and smaller bags like this Fossil tote for 46 percent off to keep your wallet, water bottle, and sunscreen close by. Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overstock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstock
Noun
  • Since legalization, overproduction of cannabis has saturated the market and driven down prices so cannabis sellers were already taking a hit to their earnings.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
  • This results in the overproduction of a protein, which, when present in excess, disrupts the growth and communication of brain cells.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Today, the company focuses on securing land with surplus electricity — renewable, solar, wind, nuclear, grid or off-grid — and reliable internet connectivity.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
  • At the end of the Cryogenian, when the ice melted and the frozen continents thawed, a surplus of nutrient-rich meltwater flooded Earth.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The downside there is that if the infinite Einsteins are acting like lemmings, this seems to increase the chances of any mistakes being given an overabundance of confidence.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • So these companies are basically backing away in an overabundance of caution.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 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
Noun
  • This same oversupply is leading prices to fall and new construction projects to be cut down.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Both platinum and palladium seem likely to continue outperforming as a decade of oversupply gives way to signs of a shortage developing.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

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“Overstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstock. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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