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
DeSantis has argued that receipts far outpaced spending, alluding to unnecessary overages.
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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
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
surpluses
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Are places with smaller gaps or with retirement income surpluses necessarily better places to retire?—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Later, those conservative projections produce surpluses that are used to pay down debt and lower taxes.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Overages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overages. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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