as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
an oversupply of new homes is helping to drive down housing prices
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Recent Examples of oversupply
That’s an oversupply at every phase.
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Daren Smith, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Global milk prices have crashed, driven by a massive oversupply, causing prices to plummet below production costs and threatening many small-to-mid-sized dairy farms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
But for context, the year started with the lowest pricing levels since the pandemic because of a fundamental global oversupply and a relative lack of geopolitical disruptions.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
That proposal, which pre-dated the mid-January announcement that the Modesto cannery would close, follows a similar structure used for a tree-pull program in 2005, in which the government assisted to correct an oversupply of cling peaches.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Daren Smith, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Global milk prices have crashed, driven by a massive oversupply, causing prices to plummet below production costs and threatening many small-to-mid-sized dairy farms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
But for context, the year started with the lowest pricing levels since the pandemic because of a fundamental global oversupply and a relative lack of geopolitical disruptions.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
That proposal, which pre-dated the mid-January announcement that the Modesto cannery would close, follows a similar structure used for a tree-pull program in 2005, in which the government assisted to correct an oversupply of cling peaches.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversupply
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Korea sits at the center of the global HBM (high bandwidth memory) and DRAM (dynamic-random access memory) supply chain, not to mention macro tailwinds including a weaker USD, an accommodative Bank or Korea and a record current account surplus.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Chinn and Ito describe a more rotating pattern, with large surpluses appearing at different times in China, Germany, oil exporters, Japan, and other economies.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Yet the outcome of the big bang was somehow a tiny sliver more matter than antimatter—all the galaxies, dust and living things in the universe belong to this minuscule excess.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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Delano Miami Beach, which was built in 1947 and became a wildly popular hot spot for celebrities and a symbol of Miami Beach excess after a 1995 renovation, has reopened after six years.—
Connie Ogle
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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“Oversupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversupply. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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