exceedance

noun

ex·​ceed·​ance ik-ˈsē-dᵊn(t)s How to pronounce exceedance (audio)
variants or less commonly exceedence
: an act or instance of exceeding especially a limit or amount

Examples of exceedance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mother’s Beach suffers from very poor water circulation leading to chronic bacterial exceedances, placing it ninth. Bruce Haring, Deadline, 20 July 2024 Heckler argues the company has taken action to prevent such exceedances in the future. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024 Employees from the state health department measured air quality around the Valdez Library, which is across I-70 from the plant, in November 2021 and found two exceedances of state air quality standards, according to the lawsuit. Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 29 May 2024 And while the number of monitoring stations recording a breach of the ozone threshold was fewer this year than in previous years, the duration of the exceedance was higher. WIRED, 19 June 2023 The authorities said the company will pay additional monthly civil penalties for the rest of 2023 for any further exceedances. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 25 May 2023 Residents have remained at their apartments in the development's West Block, where there were lower concentrations of contamination and the system has shown no exceedances in past indoor air sampling, according to the DNR. Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023 The agency said there have been no exceedances for home air quality standards and outdoor air quality has remained normal. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023 This year, there were 23 ozone exceedance days. Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exceedance was circa 1956

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“Exceedance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exceedance. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.

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