as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
the store was stuck with an overplus of tie-ins for a movie that fizzled at the box office
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Noun
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Netflix was sitting on a surplus of As Ever products, including tea and baking mixes, totaling more than $10 million in value (so much so that the company started giving inventory to employees for free, putting the goods on card tables in various office buildings.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Going away for 24 hours or 24 weeks These days the savviest travelers have either a surplus of time (the ultimate luxury) or none at all.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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One of the things that struck him the most about the place was the lack of sunlight, and the excess of artificial lighting.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
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Trump supporters are calling out his excesses, while suburban moms join ICE Watch groups.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Overplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overplus. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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