How to Use overexpansion in a Sentence
overexpansion
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That isn’t even counting the endless chain restaurants and franchises that failed or folded, many due to overexpansion in new suburbs or the passing of food fads.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Dec. 2025
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But first comes Infantino’s own strategic test, the same one faced by every emperor whose dominion threatens to collapse because of overexpansion.
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Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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The board was too slow to recognize and adapt to changes in the US market, and failed to stem an overexpansion at the company, even as growth slowed, according to Sorensen.
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Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The outdoor retail sector has been undergoing a boom and bust cycle, due to overexpansion, too much inventory, shifts in consumer sports participation and tariff impact in sourcing.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Instability and overexpansion produced a disastrous financial crisis in 1841–42 that threatened the very future of the experiment.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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