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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As providers warn of layoffs and a system nearing collapse, the contrast between the agency's austerity measures and the state's multi-billion dollar surplus remains a central point of contention for advocates and legislators alike.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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But in the years since, Sacramento has failed to act to address the massive debt incurred during the pandemic, despite having a $100 billion surplus in recent years.—
Vince Fong,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of DHS found Ross’s actions deeply concerning.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Frankie Price, a redshirt senior, is expected back around midseason in her recovery from an Achilles tendon injury suffered during the NCAA regional semifinals.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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The process could, in fact, help rectify that excess of grapes, causing supply to eventually even out with demand.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Unless the category could be brought under control, the excess threatened to self-propagate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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To play the 18th-century religious leader Ann Lee, for instance, Amanda Seyfried gave up Botox, her anti-aging intervention of choice, for an entire year, in addition to eschewing makeup on set.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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Shoppers are impressed by the now-$20 anti-aging serum.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Following Reynolds' death, Tarantino cast Bruce Dern to portray Spahn, who is depicted as an elderly, blind man in the film.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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There is no dignity, and no justice, in a system that buries an elderly woman alive in silence.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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
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In Season 1, Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
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 11 Jan. 2026.
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