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
Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
There will also be no overdraft or overage fees for ATM and credit cards.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The first competitive balance tax threshold for 2025 is set at $241 million, and any club that tops that mark for one year will pay a 20% tax on all overages.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
On defense, Kansas City blew overage on Kenny Stills on the opening possession, allowing him to walk into the end zone from 54 yards.
—Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
There will also be no overdraft or overage fees for ATM and credit cards.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
Adjective
While most dams rely on spillways shaped like chutes or shafts to drain the overage, the dam at Lake Berryessa uses a funnel-like spillway due to lack of space, per local news outlet The Press Democrat.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The first competitive balance tax threshold for 2025 is set at $241 million, and any club that tops that mark for one year will pay a 20% tax on all overages.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overage
Noun
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Meanwhile, the too-young Thunder are too-young no longer, an NBA champion with a surplus of draft capital still to burn.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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Speaking on Monday at Bloomberg’s Future of Finance in Ireland event in Dublin, Donohoe said that the government must use that surplus with an eye on the longer term.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Pitcher of the Year: Taylor McKean, Aledo Aledo senior Taylor McKean, a Tarleton Softball pledge, was one of the best pitchers in Dallas-Fort Worth and played a pivotal role in another strong season for the Bearcats.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2025
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Ryan LaRochelle is senior lecturer at the Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service at the University of Maine.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2025
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The lavish display of money and excess has provoked backlash from local residents and environmental demonstrators who protest the use of the Unesco world heritage site as a playground for the super-rich.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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An excess of Helena, which no one, least of all me, wanted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The groom’s elderly aunt had to be helped inside with signs of heat exhaustion.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Offenders typically target elderly Asian women and convince them that a member of their family is cursed or in danger.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
31 May 2025
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Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed 20 years ago amid a scandal.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Looking at the macro forces, aging population and chronic diseases significantly increase demand for geriatric specialists, home healthcare workers and chronic disease management professionals.—
Kunal Khashu,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The same goes for Kasper (Kim Bodnia), the Danish group principal, and Kate (Kerry Condon), the Irish technical director, neither of whom trust this geriatric newbie to pull off a miracle.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
9 Jan. 2022
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“Overage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overage. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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