How to Use overproduction in a Sentence

overproduction

noun
  • That then stops the overproduction of the second hormone as well.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Dandruff is a skin condition caused by an overproduction of yeast on the scalp.
    — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The cause of freckles is an overproduction of melanin, a pigment that gives your skin and hair color.
    — Julie Marks Published, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • But an overproduction of sebum, or buildup of oil on the scalp, can feed the malassezia furfur yeast that leads to dandruff.
    — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 10 July 2020
  • So this overproduction led to a lot of overwork and exhaustion.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 May 2026
  • So there’s a sort of overall credential overproduction there as well.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • This causes an overproduction of C3, which breaks up and gets stuck in the kidneys.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
  • The overproduction of keratin clogs pores with dead skin cells, leaving red or white acne-like bumps on the surface.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 18 July 2023
  • While this fluid normally drains out of your eye, an overproduction means that the drainage system can’t keep up.
    — Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2021
  • While oil is sometimes a good choice for scalp care, the overproduction or build-up of oils on the scalp can have the opposite effect.
    — Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Wasteful overproduction has been culled by switching to made-to-order models.
    — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The brand produces only to order to avoid overproduction.
    — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • What's more, this overproduction means there's less room for red blood cells (which carry oxygen throughout your body) and platelets (which help blood clot).
    — Barbara Brody, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Andreas helped convince Nixon that Butz’s pursuit of overproduction was the way to go.
    — Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
  • This overproduction also costs money both in buying and in shipping — and labor.
    — Andreas Hassellöf, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Researchers suspect this is related to extra copies of genes that cause overproduction of proteins, which build up in the brain.
    — Tony Leys, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Andreas helped convince Nixon that Butz’s pursuit of overproduction was the way to go.
    — Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The result is a system defined by overproduction.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • And also how that overproduction and the way my nervous system would almost drum up just all of this anxious energy.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Pimples occur when the aforementioned buildup and overproduction of oil clog skin pores and hair follicles.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Appetite also prevents heat overproduction that interferes with the loss of weight.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • Spicy food, or any food that causes an overproduction of acid in the stomach, can induce or worsen acid reflux, which is a common cause of night sweats.
    — Women's Health, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The overproduction of the region’s first cash crop nearly eradicated it.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 July 2024
  • But over the long term, as Xi recognizes, overproduction is not healthy for the emergence and maintenance of a middle class.
    — Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Those were the early days of fashion’s reckoning with its addiction to overproduction.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Busts follow the overproduction, which see lower prices for oil and under-investment by the industry.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The overproduction of this hormone sometimes triggers fat accumulation in the back of the neck.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Aug. 2024
  • One of the most common — and honestly frustrating — are breakouts due to the overproduction of hormones.
    — Emily Rekstis, Allure, 15 May 2021
  • But not every aspect of the global North’s overproduction is so visceral.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • Graves’ disease is a disorder of the immune system that causes an overproduction of hormones in the thyroid.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024

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