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- adjective transitive To
promote excessively.
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Examples
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Managers also tend to overgrade jobs and overpromote.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Federal Workforce and Our Economic Future 2010
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Managers also tend to overgrade jobs and overpromote.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Federal Workforce and Our Economic Future 2010
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One reservation - let's don't overpromote the place and creat a landslide.
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One reservation - let's don't overpromote the place and creat a landslide.
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ESPN often shows a lackluster interest in sports it or ABC do not have a stake in (Olympics, NASCAR, etc), but they overpromote the events (and non-events) they do have (NFL Draft, poker, darts, etc).
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One reservation - let's don't overpromote the place and creat a landslide.
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One reservation - let's don't overpromote the place and creat a landslide.
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In announcing the Lipitor-Crestor Bitter Pill award, PAL stated, "The enormous potential market for these drugs, which patients take (and pay for) for years, has caused our award winners to significantly overpromote their drugs."
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One reservation - let's don't overpromote the place and creat a landslide.
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In the face of formidable resistance, these alternative technologies tended to overpromote their cause.
Chapter 4 1982
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