excessed

past tense of excess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessed
Verb
  • Not only is the body of the vehicle scaled down, but the engine and price are downsized as well.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Not only is the body of the vehicle scaled down, but the engine and price are downsized as well.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Witt — who started at shortstop — was removed from the game with low-back spasms.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An ugly sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates sunk their struggling offense to new depths and at least temporarily removed Will Smith from the equation.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2025, Kirk shared that Zak had been diagnosed with heart failure and medically retired from football.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Alcaraz holds a 9-5 career advantage, 3-2 in majors and 6-2 on hardcourts, including the Cincinnati final where Sinner retired with a virus.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The kiss was almost axed from the film's theatrical release, but a mass uprising of employees at the House of Mouse's animation subsidiary, Pixar, worked to reinstate it.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But, in June, the VOA was rocked by widespread layoffs that axed most of the broadcaster’s staff.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Top pick Cam Ward was sacked six times in his NFL debut and threw for just 112 yards on 12 completions while Tennessee managed just four field goals.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He then was sacked when right tackle Khalil House was beaten cleanly by an edge rusher and lost a fumble at the Stanford 5.
    Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spurs have, for now, dismissed takeover talk.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His previous criminal history includes two violations of an abuse prevention order and a charge of destruction of property, all of which have been dismissed.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Justice Defenders isn’t the only such program providing assistance to human rights defenders that was terminated because of the federal rollback.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • He was removed from all bus routes and terminated after his arrest, a company spokesperson previously told the Star-Telegram.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Every man who has coached for Jerry since Jimmy Johnson was canned has learned in order to have one of the most coveted jobs in sports requires dealing with decisions that remind you who’s in charge.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Palm hearts are often available to purchase canned and preserved.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Excessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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