How to Use surplus to requirements in a Sentence

surplus to requirements

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• Except that, in the last few years, humans have become surplus to requirements.
  — Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
• But then, United have a right to move players on if they are considered surplus to requirements.
  — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
• That may well include outgoings if certain players are deemed surplus to requirements.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• Despite a respectable season with 14 goals and 14 assists, the English winger became surplus to requirements following Anthony Gordon's arrival.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• There are still several players, including Antony, Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho, who are seemingly surplus to requirements at United, as Amorim looks to freshen up a team which has been thrown from one disaster to the next in recent years.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025