oversell
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At one point, in 2015, as she was crafting her pitch, Epstein urged her: “dont oversell it, it will kill it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
“When we are nervous about getting a job we really want, we try to oversell ourselves,” West said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
I don't want to oversell this because my daughter still loves French fries, but now she knows that in order to get those normal fries you're going to have to enjoy some green ones first.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
In the same way that airlines oversell seats, cruise lines may compensate for cancellations by overselling staterooms.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
But he’s funny as hell up there—sinking to his knees, grasping his head, moaning—and I don’t want to oversell it or anything, but this just may be the most iconic performance of all time.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Ms. Low tacitly admits that the prevailing culture has been overselling the rewards of work—and playing down the importance of relationships, i.e., marriage and children, as a cornerstone of a woman’s happiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
It keeps well, travels well — and I swear I’m not overselling — it really is extraordinary.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
Kimmelman worries potential overselling of trial benefits isn’t limited to cancer.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
“Love Lies Bleeding” isn’t on par with Cain or Thompson, and overselling a comparison would be silly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Gray had set himself deliberately to the task of selling himself to this gentleman of the press, and, having succeeded, he was enough of a salesman to avoid the fatal error of overselling.
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
But “Wedges” oversold the readiness of carbon capture and storage, describing it as “already deployed” industrially.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
This is momentum tracker that many use to first determine whether a charted instrument becomes overbought or oversold.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
A consumer is demanding that Anthropic reimburse customers of its priciest artificial intelligence subscription plans, alleging in a new lawsuit that the company oversold the usage allowances it offered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Technical damage continues to build across the heavyweight technology sector, while oversold conditions and meaningful support have yet to emerge.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Unfortunately, we’re oversold on this flight,” she says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
