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overproduction

[oh-ver-pruh-duhk-shuhn] / ˈoʊ vər prəˈdʌk ʃən /




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Electric vehicles offer a revealing example: Years of purchase subsidies encouraged households to buy EVs but also stimulated rampant overproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

But the actual overproduction may be less than anticipated, Morse said.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Then came the junk wax period, marked by mass overproduction that devalued the product.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

According to Dr. Thierry, it may be that persistent overproduction of NETs, fueled by self-perpetuating inflammatory and thrombotic loops, exacerbates disease severity.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

In the strictest secrecy, we fed it the original data involved in the steel decision, its own answer, and the actual developments since,—the overproduction, that is,—and asked for an explanation of the discrepancy.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov