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overstep <overstepped; overstepping> [ˌəʊvəˈstep] VB trans

overseer [ˈəʊvəsiːə] N

overseen [ˌəʊvəˈsiːn]

oversleep <overslept> [ˌəʊvəˈsliːp] VB trans, intr

overstate [ˌəʊvəˈsteıt] VB trans

II . overstock [ˌəʊvəˈstɒk] N

overshadow [ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ] VB trans

overture [ˈəʊvəˌtjʊə] N

overturn [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn] VB trans

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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When the bubble burst, however, there was an oversupply of data centers and the industry underwent significant consolidation.
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This oversupply caused a drop in wheat prices so heavy that the net incomes of the farming population from wheat were threatened with extinction.
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The jute trade suffered at times from oversupply.
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The company has suffered from an oversupply in the paper industry and mounting debt.
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The company faced financial difficulty because the turkey market was oversupplied and prices hit historic lows.
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This development further exacerbated the problem of rice oversupply, leading to a huge rice stock and creating great deficits in the government's foodstuff control account.
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They are just about to clear the last $30,000 of their debt when the market collapses due to oversupply.
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When the properties could not be sold due to oversupply, the result was a classic assetliability mismatch.
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With an oversupply of money, bankers and other financiers took on more risk with less return.
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Fearing oversupply, the government applied the brakes briefly in 1899; then the boom resumed.
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