How to Use overproduce in a Sentence

overproduce

verb
  • David feels it was overproduced.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These skin types tend to overproduce sebum, which leads to clogged pores and breakouts.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, they are overproduced, which is why the market price is persistently low.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the brand is sure not to overproduce, sticking with classic staples rather than rushing to be on-trend.
    — Samantha Sutton, StyleCaster, 15 July 2024
  • Even as sales surge, as a slow fashion brand, Campbell doesn’t plan on overproducing.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Refinery29, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Either barebones and shot on the fly or overproduced with way too many digital edits.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Too much nitrogen can cause the plant to overproduce greenery at the expense of flowers.
    — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • If a donor is found from Sunday’s event, the donor eventually would be given shots to overproduce blood stem cells.
    — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The general public really doesn’t have any idea to what degree they are overproduced.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Sometimes, the skin may overproduce oil to compensate for the dryness, which may worsen breakouts.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The ‘movements not seasons’ method is to ensure the brand does not overproduce and enables sustainable business growth.
    — Karin Eldor, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Be sure to create genuine and authentic context and avoid the tendency to overproduce or be too buttoned up.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • So much of the broadcasts, though, feels overproduced instead of just letting the talent be the talent and letting the game on the court be the product.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Given the economic strife caused by sanctions, Russia is in no hurry to overproduce.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Mice that overproduced adipogenin had fat cells that could store significantly larger lipid droplets, in turn increasing the size of the fat cells.
    — New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Lupus overproduces specific cells that attack the body’s organs and tissues.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
  • Manufacturers overproduce items from the get-go, which creates plenty of textile waste.
    — Rachel Feltman and Jordan Blok, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2020
  • For many, the need for a detox becomes even more apparent during colder months, when dry air can cause the scalp to overproduce oil in response to the harsher conditions.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • If receptors are not working properly, the liver will overproduce cholesterol and dump it into the bloodstream.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In a small percentage of patients, cancer, leukemia or a rare inflammatory disease may drive bone marrow to overproduce this type of cells.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2018
  • If your immune system weakens, the mite populations can sometimes overproduce, leading to a host of skin and eye conditions.
    — Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Another course on banishing your inner critic has compelling ideas, but suffers from being overproduced.
    — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • When used superfluously, the phrase starts to feel like RSVP bait, or at least overproducing a vibe.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Yale still overproduces law professors, judges, and government officials.
    — Nicholas Lemann, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • This is unlike any other market that any of us lumber traders have ever experienced, where mills always had the capacity to just overproduce.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Her body began overproducing skin cells that caused her nails to pit – a condition that occurs when the surrounding skin thickens and lifts fingernails and toenails out of the nail beds.
    — Essence, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Over time, some areas of your skin may develop clumps of melanin or may overproduce that pigment, resulting in a sun spot, the Mayo Clinic explains.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 31 July 2020
  • Also, the format is non-traditional and the series isn’t overproduced or in a studio, so the conversations are sometimes on the cuff and in the moment.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The company purchases products from around the world that designers overproduce, or other stores overbuy, and passes on the savings to customers.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
  • So many consumer industries are predicated on speed and scale, overproducing and churning through new trends at record pace — often to a destructive degree.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026

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