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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
From there, look for redundancies, create guidelines and recommendations for team members to follow, and align your tech stack to match your team’s natural rhythm of work in order to continuously optimize digital workflows.
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Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Huang told Axios last month that the technology would ultimately lead to more jobs, even if there are some redundancies elsewhere.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
She was let go the day before redundancies were announced, while Gill’s own £1m-per-year deal has also been cut.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
One clear signal of this scrutiny is the rise of SaaS spend management platforms that help businesses discover all the apps in use across their organization, detect redundancies and eliminate wasteful spend.
—Michael Zuercher, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
By eliminating bottlenecks and redundancies, BPM software ensures that projects move seamlessly from conception to completion.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
This means finding ways to do more with less time, effort and resources while eliminating redundancies.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
Overall, Taft was less concerned about the number of employees in a particular department than in streamlining work, installing the best people, and ensuring that his secretaries had removed redundancies.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Huang told Axios last month that the technology would ultimately lead to more jobs, even if there are some redundancies elsewhere.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
She was let go the day before redundancies were announced, while Gill’s own £1m-per-year deal has also been cut.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
One clear signal of this scrutiny is the rise of SaaS spend management platforms that help businesses discover all the apps in use across their organization, detect redundancies and eliminate wasteful spend.
—Michael Zuercher, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
By eliminating bottlenecks and redundancies, BPM software ensures that projects move seamlessly from conception to completion.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
This means finding ways to do more with less time, effort and resources while eliminating redundancies.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
Overall, Taft was less concerned about the number of employees in a particular department than in streamlining work, installing the best people, and ensuring that his secretaries had removed redundancies.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancies
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Are places with smaller gaps or with retirement income surpluses necessarily better places to retire?—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Later, those conservative projections produce surpluses that are used to pay down debt and lower taxes.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The men allege their dismissals violated their Fifth Amendment right to due process and the First Amendment's guarantee to free association and free speech.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Attorney Chris Mattei, representing the agents, said the dismissals weakened the bureau.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The other study – an independent laboratory experiment – demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The other study—an independent laboratory experiment—demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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Ursa Major will be able to conduct full-scale static firings, and drop and temperature storage testing for current and future missile systems.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The former officials’ attorneys, represented by former Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell, are seeking back pay and a formal declaration that the firings were unlawful.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Production shutdowns, layoffs BrightDrop's struggles come less than a year after GM folded the commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the electric van space.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Redundancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancies. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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