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as in surplus

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Recent Examples of overdose Adrian died on Christmas Eve 2016 of a drug overdose and McElwee clearly remains shattered. — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Whereas a fentanyl overdose causes the brain to stop reminding the body to breathe, methamphetamine kills by pushing the body past its limits, effects that are heightened by heat exposure, lack of sleep and dehydration. — Josh Katz, New York Times, 15 July 2026 Magnesium overdose is rare, but people who take magnesium supplements or have kidney problems are at the greatest risk. — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 15 July 2026 Former child actor Blake Garrett, known best for his role as Plug in the family comedy How To Eat Fried Worms, died from a fentanyl overdose, TMZ reported, citing a summary report from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for overdose

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That’s down from last year, when the mayor declared a $1 billion surplus that generated a $576 million windfall for CPS.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
The club was originally looking to rebalance its farm system by trading from its outfield surplus for upper-level middle-infield or catching depth.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of surplus

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Mixing Small-Batch Recipes Sometimes a whisk isn’t quite enough, but hauling out a bulky mixer and all its attachments feels like overkill.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
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

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In Citrus County, where a small town was slated to play host to Florida’s first hyperscale data center, opponents of the project packed the commission and exceeded its overflow room, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The mansion itself was originally constructed in 1640 to accommodate the overflow of guests to their hunting parties; the porticos on the eastern and westerly wings were once stable doors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026

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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

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While one resource was heavily in demand, the country had an oversupply of the other.

— Robert Smith, NPR, 29 July 2026
Peter Oppenheimer, chief global equity strategist, and Guillaume Jaisson, senior global equity strategist at Goldman, said that the region's main challenge isn't corporate oversupply, but a lack of domestic equity inflows.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 July 2026

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