overdose

noun

Definition of overdosenext
as in surplus

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Recent Examples of overdose After an interview with detectives, police said the resident, identified as 64-year-old Cavell Watkins, said that the man had likely died from a drug overdose. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 June 2026 People who participate in intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous substance use are at higher risk of overdose or addiction than their counterparts who consume drugs nasally or by smoking. — Maya Henry, Oklahoma Watch, 30 June 2026 The film, winner of the Golden Globes Prize for documentary at the Venice Film Festival, tells a story of father and son – of Ross McElwee and his late son Adrian, who died in 2016 of an accidental drug overdose. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2026 The agency has faced intense public scrutiny and criticism after the high-profile deaths of children under county supervision, including the fentanyl overdose of infant Phoenix Castro and, most recently, the death of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for overdose
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  1. surplus
  2. excess
  3. overkill
  4. overflow
  5. surfeit
  6. oversupply
  7. amplitude
Noun
  • The false surplus sparked a sharp increase in spending that has outstripped revenues ever since.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The investment is part of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $45 million allocation of tax increment financing surplus to the Park District this year.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • France’s reputation for red tape and bureaucratic excess very much applies to AC units.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Lift okra from egg mixture, allowing any excess to drip off; dredge in cornmeal mixture, pressing gently to fully coat each piece.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Definition of excess
Noun
  • No amount of time-traveling expeditions to reboot or create alternate timelines can save it now, because it's been done to the point of overkill.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • If the league shifted the primary burden of development to colleges, would those tools amount to overkill?
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of overkill
Noun
  • Additional people were instructed to watch from overflow seating rooms elsewhere in the courthouse.
    — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • Haverhill installed a second bypass line to help better control the flow of sewage after two breaks and a massive sewage overflow for five days last week, helping secure the system as more rains threatened the temporary bypass Tuesday.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of overflow
Noun
  • That has never been the case for the first two seasons of House of the Dragon, with its surfeit of…everything.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • Days after the World Cup friendlies had passed, earlier this month, yielding one win and a surfeit of thrill, FIFA rejected the Haitian jersey, citing its depiction of the Battle of Vertières as a violation to its regulation on political speech.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The oil market is coming full circle as millions of barrels that were stranded in the Persian Gulf head to global markets, creating a sudden oversupply that has pushed prices to their lowest level since the US-Iran war began.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • The volume of this object is indeed computing the scattering amplitudes in question.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Judges look for amplitude, creativity, style, flow of run and difficulty.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of amplitude

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