as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
a new television season with an excess of sitcoms featuring wisecracking teenagers
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Recent Examples of excesses
Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Zimbalist said state legislatures or Congress may be the most likely to make rules that check such excesses.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Another, William Durant, had secretly met with President Herbert Hoover earlier in the year, to lean on him to stop the Federal Reserve Board from curbing Wall Street’s excesses.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Yet, in spite of its frequent excesses, The Hunger is perhaps the most introspective and mature film Scott would make.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Martin and Shellback take a lucrative existing sound and shuck the excesses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
To some market watchers, Nvidia’s latest deals feel all-too-similar to the excesses of past technology booms.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Best to just give in, dandily living in the game’s excesses; we’re being treated like gods here, left to want for nothing more.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
Frank set about reining in their attacking excesses.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Zimbalist said state legislatures or Congress may be the most likely to make rules that check such excesses.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Another, William Durant, had secretly met with President Herbert Hoover earlier in the year, to lean on him to stop the Federal Reserve Board from curbing Wall Street’s excesses.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Yet, in spite of its frequent excesses, The Hunger is perhaps the most introspective and mature film Scott would make.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Martin and Shellback take a lucrative existing sound and shuck the excesses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
To some market watchers, Nvidia’s latest deals feel all-too-similar to the excesses of past technology booms.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Best to just give in, dandily living in the game’s excesses; we’re being treated like gods here, left to want for nothing more.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excesses
Noun
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The pot of money has built sizable reserves due to annual surpluses and an arrangement for the fund to share in a portion of tariff revenue, Super added.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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In this approach, BESS handles rapid fluctuations within milliseconds, absorbing short-term surpluses or deficits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The passed by Republicans last month axes the credits for projects that don’t begin producing electricity by 2028.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But if our models haven't treated abundances properly, the cooling time has likely been overestimated.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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The measurements identified 13 elements from this doomed object, including aluminum, carbon, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, silicon, sodium, strontium and titanium, in mostly Earth-like abundances.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As of October 27, the CME FedWatch tool derived from 30-Day Fed Funds futures implies a roughly 98% probability that the Fed trims the policy rate by 25 basis points this week.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some popular models that may require mid-grade Plus fuel include some Dodge Charger and Jeep Grand Cherokee trims.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ohio State sacks Altmyer five times, wins its 10th straight in the series and covers the spread.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Felix Anudike-Uzomah #97 of the Kansas City Chiefs sacks Bo Nix #10 of the Denver Broncos during the fourth quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on November 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The cartridge fires a 40-grain bullet at approximately 1,260 feet per second.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Oh, and if Indiana fires him without cause, Cignetti would be due 100% of his remaining salary.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The air-condition, heating and electricity automatically turns off when the keycard is taken out of its slot, but to avoid this many leave one card in the slot when exiting the room.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Once the spawning ends, the team turns off the music and takes the Pyrex containers into a room where the temperature is kept at around 82 degrees.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Excesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excesses. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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