Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessed
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The total number of employees downsized out of a job in the wake of the merger now stands at 1,748, according to the online filing.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026 -
While inflation is on everyone’s minds these days, Joint Venture’s Rachel Massaro noted this year’s index had been downsized from more than 200 pages to less than a hundred.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The paramedics had removed one of the bullets from Martinez’s arm, leaving it behind, along with bloody rags.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Johnson, 80, retired at Mission Viejo after the 2017 season as Orange County’s all-time leader in coaching victories with 338, according to county football historian Dennis Bateman.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grandisson, now retired, worked as an executive in the insurance industry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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So, who was axed in the second episode?—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Mar. 2026
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The past two years, the Sacramento City Council raised parking fees and axed dozens of vacant positions to help balance its multimillion-dollar budget deficits.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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The documents show that after being sacked, Mandelson asked for a $732,000 payoff, the rest of his four-year salary.—
JILL LAWLESS AND BRIAN MELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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He was sacked 55 times, tying for the league high.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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After the allegations against his son, the official was dismissed from his post, according to a decision published Wednesday in the state government’s official gazette.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Figures in the main opposition Republican People’s Party, known by its Turkish initials CHP, have dismissed the charges as politically motivated.—
Beril Akman,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Shortly after, the university terminated the coach.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Such alleged behavior prompted Federline to sound the alarm in his book about Spears’ mental health, especially when there was no longer the kind of oversight that was provided by a conservatorship that a Los Angeles judge terminated in 2021.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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These vegetables are usually available fresh, frozen, or canned.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2026
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Her answers were canned and defensive.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Excessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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