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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overplus
Noun
  • The New York Yankees have a surplus of outfielders right now and potentially more on the way ahead of the 2026 Major League Baseball season.
    Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For this Nuggets lineup, the average comes out to a pedestrian 6-9, with three capable perimeter defenders to assist the heavy-footed centers, two 40% 3-point shooters to space the floor, and a surplus of play-making talent.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of the oil-baron excess of Dallas or the leather-and-chrome bravado of contemporary money dramas like Billions, Carter favors seductively austere minimalism and high-ticket abstract art.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And pretty much everyone drank to excess.
    Kate Belli, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Overplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overplus. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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