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oversupply

[oh-ver-suh-plahy, oh-ver-suh-plahy] / ˈoʊ vər səˌplaɪ, ˌoʊ vər səˈplaɪ /


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“Traditionally memory shortages don’t last forever, and memory companies want to get the benefits while they can before the cycle swings to oversupply again,” Gold said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

A previous helium oversupply, a partial production rebound in Qatar and industry efforts to shore up helium stockpiles have helped keep the substance available.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

Vietnam's government warned in early August of the "risks of oversupply and loss of quality control as the planted area is increasing rapidly".

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

California wine has already been contending with declining demand and global oversupply issues, leading to downsizing, closures and disposal of tons of grapes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

With an oversupply of tobacco in the warehouses, English and Scots merchants limited further credit extensions and called for repayment of long-outstanding loans.

From The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service

The Calgary-based company in 2009 spun off Cenovus Energy Inc. to focus on natural gas as prices for the resource began falling because of oversupplies generated by an onshore drilling boom in North America.

From BusinessWeek Feb. 10, 2011

However, farmers should stop worrying so much about price-deflating oversupplies of beef and other meats.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are strategically underweight cyclicals, such as AI-beneficiary technology hardware companies that they think will eventually face the risk of an oversupplied market.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

For one, the markets were oversupplied in 2025, which resulted in fat stockpiles that are still relatively plentiful, albeit declining.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

It was too late for the oversupplied U.S. market, which went negative a week later.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

While global oil markets remain broadly oversupplied, near-term prices look set to take direction from geopolitical signals.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

Several large smelters had not found it profitable to install recovery plants, as the market might have been oversupplied and prices were low.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Beyond oversupplying wholesale channels, management stumbled by attempting to pivot the traditionally male-centric line toward female consumers, an effort executives eventually walked back, according to Andreeva.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

But memory providers have been reluctant to add more capacity out of fear of oversupplying a typically cyclical market.

From MarketWatch Jan. 27, 2026

But Steur’s lawyers said that the company began to intentionally oversaturate the market, oversupplying law enforcement.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2022

A more intense construction blitz also risks oversupplying the market.

From Reuters May 1, 2022

If the goal of graduate programs is to create highly trained scientists, then these programs are oversupplying the workforce by the hundreds of thousands.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2022




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