overprice

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Recent Examples of overprice These are extremely in-demand tickets, so resold tickets will most likely be overpriced. Mary Boyte, The Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for overprice 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
Verb
  • While nuclear war is terrifying, these Americans overestimate Russia’s willingness to use nuclear weapons.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Salespeople may overestimate their ability to handle every aspect of the sales process, driven by confidence or fear of losing control.
    David Mattson, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With that in mind, our view is that investors will always be better served by studying the underlying fundamentals of companies to determine if a business is being undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued, in the stock market — and then, acting accordingly.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • On-air remarks by a commentator working for the host broadcaster about Djokovic being overrated and a has-been caused a stir during Week 1 of the Australian Open.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Venu Sports was always overrated by the industry as some sort of game changer.
    Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Resale platforms may also list tickets, but buyers should be wary and avoid scams and inflated prices.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.
    Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 28 Jan. 2025

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