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as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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as in dismissals
chiefly British
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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Recent Examples of redundancies
The administration says that this risk model is too cautious, leading to costly conservatism in reactor design, staffing redundancies and stringency in licensing.
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Katy Huff, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Rodriguez added that her colleagues need to have the same conversation on homelessness spending and redundancies that are happening.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Meyers laid out the fundamental redundancies.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Venezuela’s electoral system is designed with redundancies.
—Helena Carpio, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Jacobson says the system is not at risk and there are redundancies in place.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
In short order, McNamara became first among equals in Kennedy’s cabinet, winning plaudits for his use of systems analysis to make the Pentagon function more economically by reducing weapons redundancies among the services and better allocating resources.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In a state where ruinous wildfires are commonplace and the threat of catastrophic earthquakes haunts imaginations, Cal OES officials wanted to make sure the new system had redundancies to prevent widespread failure.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Although Project Ada is well advanced and has board support, no final decisions have been made on redundancies.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025
Katy Huff, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Rodriguez added that her colleagues need to have the same conversation on homelessness spending and redundancies that are happening.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Meyers laid out the fundamental redundancies.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Venezuela’s electoral system is designed with redundancies.
—Helena Carpio, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Jacobson says the system is not at risk and there are redundancies in place.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
In short order, McNamara became first among equals in Kennedy’s cabinet, winning plaudits for his use of systems analysis to make the Pentagon function more economically by reducing weapons redundancies among the services and better allocating resources.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In a state where ruinous wildfires are commonplace and the threat of catastrophic earthquakes haunts imaginations, Cal OES officials wanted to make sure the new system had redundancies to prevent widespread failure.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Although Project Ada is well advanced and has board support, no final decisions have been made on redundancies.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancies
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As salaries increased, the state has rolled up operating surpluses for the past seven years as capital gains on Wall Street has generated billions of dollars that are largely paid by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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The program ended in 1943 as the war drew to an end, and there were fewer surpluses.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Nov. 2025
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Further dismissals will include 12 members of custodial staff, 16 lunch aides, a warehouseman, a safety and security monitor, a director of communications and a discipline secretary.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2026
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Incidentally, both dismissals came in the same match — the 2-1 home defeat against Liverpool on December 20.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Between the time of the Revolution and the ratification of the Constitution, the framers had become increasingly suspicious of the democratic excesses of legislatures.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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First, the hotel’s (heated) Haven Pool lives up to its name and is a great spot to recover from any excesses—or just to spend a quiet afternoon.—
Paul Oswell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Maybe what the firings say about the league is the superficial matters.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Abrams had been a constant at the top of the organization throughout its bevy of general manager and coach firings over the last decade.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Some of these volatiles are brought to the moon from the sun via the solar wind, but the abundances of these volatiles, particularly nitrogen, cannot solely be explained by the solar wind.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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According to the team, this means that having a dog in the house might shift the abundances of some mouth bacteria—potentially bacteria that might correlate with the adolescents’ psychological scores.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
3 Dec. 2025
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Autodesk declined to share how many of the layoffs are happening in California.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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But district superintendent Denise Gail Saddler acknowledged that hard decisions remain, including further, painful cuts like layoffs.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Redundancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancies. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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