oversell

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The British lender paid a $200 million fine to U.S. regulators last year for "staggering" failures over several years that led it to oversell $17.7 billion of structured products and forced the restatement of 2021 financial accounts.

From Reuters

As in his work on the Broadway revivals of “Les Misèrables” in 2014 and “Miss Saigon” in 2017, Connor seems to favor busy, murky, late-Reagan-era oversell, not necessarily inappropriate to those late-Reagan-era shows but lacking the delicacy necessary for much that came after.

From New York Times

“That Thing You Do” shares more than a few plot points with “Daisy Jones,” with the advantage of not having to oversell the importance of the Wonders.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t want to oversell Biden’s immigration plan.

From Washington Post

I don’t want to oversell a plastic sink that sits over a toilet tank, but this ingenious, relatively low-cost device could help save the world.

From Los Angeles Times