to excess
idiom
: more than is usual, normal, or proper
He often eats to excess.
college students who drink to excess
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Earlier in the day, state Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Hermantown, said in a news release that in addition to excess pellets, the automotive industry, which Cliffs supplies with steel, faces a downturn.
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
In the real world, we would be spared Banner's frustrations, but exposure to excess gamma rays wouldn't be much fun either.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
The other two invitees are an even more volatile duo: Clarissa (Marisa Abela), a young data expert, turns quickly and violently exasperated with her lover, Freddie, a cynical older agent known for drinking and screwing to excess.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The Starship vehicle on Flight 7 also has smaller forward flaps that have been moved away from its heat shield to reduce exposure to excess heat during reentry, SpaceX wrote in a mission description.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
In the real world, we would be spared Banner's frustrations, but exposure to excess gamma rays wouldn't be much fun either.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
The other two invitees are an even more volatile duo: Clarissa (Marisa Abela), a young data expert, turns quickly and violently exasperated with her lover, Freddie, a cynical older agent known for drinking and screwing to excess.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The Starship vehicle on Flight 7 also has smaller forward flaps that have been moved away from its heat shield to reduce exposure to excess heat during reentry, SpaceX wrote in a mission description.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to excess
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“To excess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20excess. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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