Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessed
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With the rolling back of sustainability reporting requirements, businesses also downsized their sustainability teams, often rolling them under existing departments with limited scope.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026 -
Functions still at the department include the agency’s research arms, though they’ve been heavily downsized.—
Alia Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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As he was handcuffed and removed from the courtroom, spectators erupted in cheers and applause, according to footage from the courtroom.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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The Dallas Cowboys players, and coaches, all love the changes recently made to AT&T Stadium, and come August, the name will go back to its original, the grass will be replaced by a synthetic, and expect the tint in the windows to be removed, too.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Big Oaks hosts about 6,000 deer, squirrel, and turkey hunters and anglers annually, with some 15,000 total visitors, including bird-watchers from around the world, according to former refuge manager Joe Robb, who retired last year.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
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After Walter Cronkite retired in 1981, CBS Evening News host Dan Rather enjoyed running the show as its sole anchor.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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In May, Stewart axed two Las Vegas residency performances while recovering from a sinus infection and undergoing vocal rest.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Teamster leadership axed Baird and Cirkelis from their roles in the boycott in 1975 over their ties to the United Farm Workers, and Local 888 was dissolved not long after.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Renard, 57, has been out of management since being sacked by Saudi Arabia in April, bringing his second stint with the national team to an end.—
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Greek coach Georgios Donis was appointed just two months ago after Saudi Arabia sacked former coach Hervé Renard.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Johnson is among six people featured by Pam Bondi whose cases have now been dismissed.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
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After the pursuit was terminated, officers saw the vehicle stopped on the Haltom Road overpass above Loop 820 in Haltom City.—
Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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According to the group, the two were recently terminated under a new volunteer handbook, which was introduced in April.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Griffin scheduled a regular Friday-afternoon meeting with an underperforming executive, who never knew if the meeting would last fifteen minutes or four hours; after three months or so of this humiliation, he was canned.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Fired 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley hasn’t quoted poet John Masefield in any of his scathing statements since embattled CBS News chief Bari Weiss and new newsmagazine EP Nick Bilton canned him for rejecting their regime earlier this week.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
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“Excessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessed. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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