as in surpluses
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 overages
Other findings in the audit included unnecessary cost overages and yearslong project delays that were not documented.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
DeSantis has argued that receipts far outpaced spending, alluding to unnecessary overages.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During this same period, MCTS' new financial tracking system found evidence of budget overages.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
DeSantis has argued that receipts far outpaced spending, alluding to unnecessary overages.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During this same period, MCTS' new financial tracking system found evidence of budget overages.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overages
Noun
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The pot of money has built sizable reserves due to annual surpluses and an arrangement for the fund to share in a portion of tariff revenue, Super added.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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In this approach, BESS handles rapid fluctuations within milliseconds, absorbing short-term surpluses or deficits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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Frank set about reining in their attacking excesses.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Overages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overages. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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