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
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
As author Andy McCullough wrote in his brilliant book on Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer is the last of his kind and views greatness as a burden instead of an invitation to indulge in the excesses of celebrity.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
To be sure, the left has not been without its own excesses of harassment in recent years.
—Lee Bebout, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
Yet the superb cinematography by Jaime Ackroyd helps to ride over excesses in the direction.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
As author Andy McCullough wrote in his brilliant book on Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer is the last of his kind and views greatness as a burden instead of an invitation to indulge in the excesses of celebrity.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
To be sure, the left has not been without its own excesses of harassment in recent years.
—Lee Bebout, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
Yet the superb cinematography by Jaime Ackroyd helps to ride over excesses in the direction.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excesses
Noun
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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
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What regulated actual Southern credit markets, when bondpeople were used as collateral for loans, were surpluses from slave labor, not short-term fluctuations in slave prices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 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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The measured abundances of the light elements throughout the Universe verified the predictions of Big Bang nucleosynthesis, while also demonstrating the need for fusion in stars to provide the heavy elements in our cosmos.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 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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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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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
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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,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 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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Their range is not much greater than the drones Ukraine currently fires nightly deep into Russia.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Power isn’t just about a big bullet — how that bullet, the rifle that fires it, and the people using it all work together.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 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 27 Oct. 2025.
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