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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Zone Zero requires the removal of everything from wooden fences to mulch to excess potted plants; all basic features of our North County homes.
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Cole Marting, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Related Stories Drawn to excess, emotional extremes and lush, decadent photography, Guadagnino is fueled by passion.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Large plants may respond differently to excess lipid buildup.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Modern Monuments Today, American states are building monuments to excess of their own—not from limestone, but from steel, concrete, and server racks.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Cole Marting, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Related Stories Drawn to excess, emotional extremes and lush, decadent photography, Guadagnino is fueled by passion.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Large plants may respond differently to excess lipid buildup.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Modern Monuments Today, American states are building monuments to excess of their own—not from limestone, but from steel, concrete, and server racks.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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