as in extra
being over what is needed
any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless
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as in surplus
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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as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
the wretched excess that is so often found in the world of show business
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as in to lay off
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Recent Examples of excess
Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
That suggests existing protections won’t have much force until the state extends its new worker-misclassification law (which cracks down on employers who rely to excess on gig workers) to temporary employees.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The expense will be funded using excess revenue from 2023, commissioners were told on Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the Suns’ habit of excess in trades is not easily broken.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Over the past few months, my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
That suggests existing protections won’t have much force until the state extends its new worker-misclassification law (which cracks down on employers who rely to excess on gig workers) to temporary employees.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
Noun
Brush away or rinse off excess soil.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The expense will be funded using excess revenue from 2023, commissioners were told on Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Lightly dredge chicken in flour, and shake off excess.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the Suns’ habit of excess in trades is not easily broken.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excess
Adjective
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Additionally, extra surcharges for certain industrial operations will increase by 2 cents per year over the next five years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Mercury moonwalk will consume our holiday plans, so steer clear of awkward conversations with the family and allot extra time for travel in case delays get in the way of a prompt arrival.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Despite the early playoff exit, Boston's future looks bright, with the team boasting a surplus of talented young players, including Roman Anthony.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The school had a surplus of some items — like dozens of conga drums found in an instrument inventory, still wrapped in plastic — and a shortage of others, like student textbooks.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The shutdown has also left federal workers unpaid, with around 4,000 federal workers laid off and key services suspended, with no end in sight as both parties hold firm.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The school provided spare rooms, too, for students to sit and talk who didn’t feel comfortable gathering for the assembly.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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With no spare dough for musical development, Tupac and Mouse relied on ingenuity.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stroud has been susceptible to a pass rush, having been sacked 52 times last season and 15 so far this season — a pace that would have him on his back 42 1/2 times in 2025.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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And Jones did deserve to celebrate given Rodgers wasn’t sacked once despite the loss.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Royal Navy crew achieved the major milestone as part of HMS Agamemnon’s ‘trim dive’, a three-day period of testing in the town’s Devonshire Dock to prove the attack vessel’s stability and safety.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Brockman electrocuted while trimming trees On the day he was electrocuted, Brockman and his work crew were removing limbs that were close to Evergy power lines, the lawsuit said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One exception is if a company is downsizing and chooses to only terminate employees who have all recently or currently taken FMLA.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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For every downsizing announcement, there are also hiring pushes in areas tied to AI strategy.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Excess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excess. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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