overstocks

noun

plural of overstock
as in surpluses

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  1. surpluses
  2. excesses
  3. overages
  4. redundancies
Noun
  • Both post test scores far below the state average, and the funding formula leaves Hartford’s own school district starved while CREC thrives with surpluses.
    — State Rep Maryam Khan, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Social Security is primarily funded through payroll tax revenue and can supplement its benefit payments through its trust funds, which hold previous surpluses plus interest.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Definition of surpluses
Noun
  • Tillis, for his part, expressed frustration with the Administration’s other excesses.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Where season three frustrated with its aimless pacing, its unruly plotting, its self-congratulatory strain of goodness, new showrunner Jack Burditt (30 Rock, Modern Family) dials back the worst of the show’s excesses.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of excesses
Noun
  • Enterprises are now navigating a fast-changing mix of tokens, credits, model tiers, usage limits, overages and more inside existing software contracts.
    — Jesse Stockall, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Such deals would provide flexibility by allowing bonus overages to be pushed into the 2027-28 cap year if necessary.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of overages
Noun
  • The automaker had agreed a deal with unions in late 2024 to avoid factory closures in Germany and rule out compulsory redundancies until the end of 2030.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Corinaldesi ruled out layoffs or redundancies, quashing the concerns of local trade union Filcams Cgil over the fate of the 200 workers employed by LuisaViaRoma at the time.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of redundancies
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“Overstocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstocks. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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