overprice

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Recent Examples of overprice That’s why a lot of these boxes are overpriced—there’s not much inside. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 The worst labeling error inspectors discovered was an item overpriced by $7.04. Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024 Those agents can overprice homes, mess with marketing, or fail to book timely showings. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024 The Defense Department’s auditor reviewed prices paid for 46 spare parts on the C-17 from 2018 to 2022 and found that 12 were overpriced and nine seemed reasonably priced. Tara Copp, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overprice 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
Verb
  • This episode delves into the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their abilities, featuring insights from David Dunning, one of its original researchers.
    Forbes, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say older studies may have overestimated the benefits of moderate drinking.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Management and Tocchet has overvalued big D as a whole and under valued the need to actually pass the puck, large D or not.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Citi downgrades Southwest to sell from neutral Citi says the airline stock is overvalued right now.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Brooks joins a chorus of others who say that the meritocracy overrated.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, what might be overrated for one person might just be exactly what someone else needs to make their cooking routine smoother or add something new to their repertoire.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This drop aligns with a common trend for new programs, where initial numbers tend to be inflated before stabilizing.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • On January 21, the day after the inauguration, chatter started to spread online that Meta was artificially inflating Trump's and Vance's follower counts by adding people who never intended to follow them.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025

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