Example Sentences

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Janet Endsley, seminar manager for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, deals with her tendency to overplant by deleting plants that clamor for attention.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

I think it means that the owners haven’t yet had time to overplant the austere space left behind by their landscape architect.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

They fear that the current coffee shortage will lead other farmers to overplant, thereby producing a future surplus and a resulting collapse in the coffee market.

From Time Magazine Archive