How to Use overproduction in a Sentence

overproduction

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• In the 1780s, silt resulting from the overproduction of tobacco on area farms clogged the harbor and choked off its booming trade.
  — Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• So there’s a sort of overall credential overproduction there as well.
  — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
• 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
• In the mid-2000s, the overproduction of wine, stimulated by subsidies, prompted the EU to reform its farm policies.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2023
• Graves’ disease is a disorder of the immune system that causes an overproduction of hormones in the thyroid.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
• It is generally assumed that levels of 200 nanograms per deciliter or greater are due to overproduction of testosterone from a tumor.
  — Jill Vollbrecht, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2014
• As its name suggests, APP is the molecule that enzymes break apart to form amyloid-beta; the mutation caused an overproduction of the amyloid.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
• Wasteful overproduction has been culled by switching to made-to-order models.
  — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• The overproduction of the region’s first cash crop nearly eradicated it.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 July 2024
• This condition causes the overproduction of cortisol, a hormone that plays an important role in how the body responds to stress.
  — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Aug. 2024
• This overproduction also costs money both in buying and in shipping — and labor.
  — Andreas Hassellöf, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The industry is markedly aware of overproduction and overconsumption, and yet staying in business means soldiering on down the path of more, more, more.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2020
• Busts follow the overproduction, which see lower prices for oil and under-investment by the industry.
  — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• There are a variety of factors behind the glut, but at its core there’s overproduction and underconsumption in France.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
• Appetite also prevents heat overproduction that interferes with the loss of weight.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2023
• In the last year, the fracking industry started shedding jobs because of the overproduction of natural gas, which started bringing down prices.
  — Samira Said and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020
• During booms, periods of high demand for oil, investors pour in and trigger overproduction, according to the Colorado School of Mines.
  — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• The most likely explanation for a leukemia rash ties back to the underlying problem in this type of blood cancer, which is an overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.
  — Barbara Brody, Health.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• If the cause is not obvious, an eye doctor will perform an exam to determine what is causing tear overproduction.
  — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024