as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
several selectmen argued that the town's cash overage was significant enough to warrant a reduction of the residential property tax
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Recent Examples of overage
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Other findings in the audit included unnecessary cost overages and yearslong project delays that were not documented.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
The Olympic football tournament is predominantly an Under-23 competition but each country is permitted to include three overage players.
—Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
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Noun
This year the Red Sox will pay a 20% tax on all overages, which would equate to approximately $1.5 million assuming that aforementioned $7.4 million figure.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Other findings in the audit included unnecessary cost overages and yearslong project delays that were not documented.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
There will also be no overdraft or overage fees for ATM and credit cards.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
The Olympic football tournament is predominantly an Under-23 competition but each country is permitted to include three overage players.
—Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overage
Noun
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Snowfall Breakdown Precipitation data highlights a surplus of snow, regardless of how the season is measured.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Viewing it releases a surplus of dopamine in the brain that leads your body to crave even more dopamine, creating a cycle of addiction.—
Beth Collums,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The tactics, the sources said, included actions that would negatively impact the families of senior CBP staff.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Titans led by just two with 31 seconds remaining in the game but senior Anish Pagidyala made six free throws in the fourth quarter to keep San Clemente at arm’s length.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ellis wrote American Psycho as a satire of excess, a grotesque exaggeration of Reagan era moral vacancy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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When spot prices are rising for two-generation-old hardware, when every cloud provider is fully utilized, when demand keeps accelerating, that's not speculative excess.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Its anti-aging properties help prevent the formation of fine lines, improve overall luminosity, and regulate excess melanin production—one of the main causes of dark spots.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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New wellbeing destination Amaala in the Saudi Red Sea will include a Clinique La Prairie Health Resort specializing in cutting-edge scientific research, longevity and anti-aging, and Equinox Hotels’ first Middle East outpost, a high-performance retreat with fitness at its heart.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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He was found guilty in 2025 of treating an elderly women suffering from liver disease without a medical license.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Rantz cited a recent attack on an elderly woman who was struck in the face with a board containing a nail, leaving her blind.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tom Basden, who co-wrote the script with Tim Key, plays an over-the-hill rock star who unknowingly is paired with his bitter ex-partner, played by Carey Mulligan, for a private concert on a remote Welsh island.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Dec. 2025
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Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Iwuagwu worked as a professor in the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Medicine, and as a UToledo Health geriatric medicine physician.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
27 Dec. 2025
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Reality is far more complicated, Ipsit Vahia, the chief of geriatric psychiatry at Mass General Brigham’s McLean Hospital and the director of its Technology and Aging Laboratory, told me.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Overage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overage. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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