oversupply

Example Sentences

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Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The memory market is historically cyclical, and some on Wall Street seem spooked by awareness of past cycles in which oversupply eroded industry profits.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

But experts have suggested that such rapid growth also led to lower teaching quality and an oversupply of graduates in the job market.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Industrial profits have declined in recent years due to persistent price wars and an oversupply of manufactured goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Gigantic boulders, box-like bluffs, ragged rock-spires, cliffs and plateaus of bare rock were in oversupply.

From The Snow-Burner by Oyen, Henry