as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
the store was stuck with an overplus of tie-ins for a movie that fizzled at the box office
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Noun
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Unable to return the surplus, the store gave every box away for free.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Thanks to better weather, cocoa is on track to be in surplus over the course of 2026 for a second year running.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Flying private has long been synonymous with excess.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Apr. 2026
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And yet, in placing new context and bodies inside the suit of ’80s excess, The Jellicle Ball reinvents it.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Overplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overplus. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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