EXCESSED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

excessed

verb

past tense of excess

as in downsized

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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026
After strong public and state lawmaker pushback, the facility is still being built, but downsized.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of downsized

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And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Corral and his team were axed from Movistar Plus+ last year, prompting an outcry from the creative community, who saw his outlook as the main preserve of ambitious but popular storytelling.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
While some content execs were axed in the layoffs this week, the cuts were mostly focused on product, tech, legal and HR.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Much worse, the Commanders were in field goal range, and they somehow got sacked.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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According to the report, half of the employees that carried out workplace violence had disciplinary records, such as a man who shot and killed four co-workers in an HR meeting after being given notice that he was being terminated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Estes also said in the news release that Cooper was terminated from the city of Rhome, where he was employed full-time in the fire department.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of terminated

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The race toward nuclear energy faced a major setback in 1979, with the meltdown at Three Mile Island; dozens of projects were canned in the aftermath.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Those same items could also be made now, with the products frozen and canned for later consumption.

— Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of canned

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