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
Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But even if the battles between political parties sometimes have a useful purpose, Washington worried about the excesses of partisanship.
—Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Schnabel actually tones down the excesses.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement But, like in Hungary, the plan wouldn’t be able to come to fruition without a complicit Congress, and a Supreme Court that endorses excesses without explanation.
—Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
In fact, the program is so handsomely made that its genre excesses nearly vanish, hiding behind peat fires or in the folds of a kilt.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Democrats stand for nothing if not redistribution, regulation of market excesses, equal opportunity and support for the less fortunate.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Its job is to, obviously, decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive, and that does require a degree of independence.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The first level is discovering character through observing and identifying how deficiencies, excesses, and virtuous behaviors are revealed in ourselves and others.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But even if the battles between political parties sometimes have a useful purpose, Washington worried about the excesses of partisanship.
—Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Schnabel actually tones down the excesses.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement But, like in Hungary, the plan wouldn’t be able to come to fruition without a complicit Congress, and a Supreme Court that endorses excesses without explanation.
—Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
In fact, the program is so handsomely made that its genre excesses nearly vanish, hiding behind peat fires or in the folds of a kilt.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Democrats stand for nothing if not redistribution, regulation of market excesses, equal opportunity and support for the less fortunate.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Its job is to, obviously, decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive, and that does require a degree of independence.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excesses
Noun
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Are places with smaller gaps or with retirement income surpluses necessarily better places to retire?—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Later, those conservative projections produce surpluses that are used to pay down debt and lower taxes.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 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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With such low abundances of even the lightest heavy elements, there simply isn’t a way to form dust.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The other study – an independent laboratory experiment – demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Skip the pricey groomer visits and messy bathroom trims with this Labor Day deal.—
Jessie Quinn,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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The move trims the quarterback room down to four players, including Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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
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The Oviedo defense sacks Noah Grubbs on back to back plays to end the first half.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Bolt action rifles mean one pull of the trigger fires a round, then a shooter must manually chamber another round.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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North Korea fires solid rocket motor.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 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
Verb
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Of course, that might change if Google releases Project Mariner for the masses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its online map displays readouts from people’s at-home sensors, better reflecting if a nearby traffic jam or mail truck is spiking fumes, a neighbor starts burning trash, or a local factory releases a smoke plume.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Excesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excesses. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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