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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
If a deal is not reached to avert a government shutdown, the White House has ordered federal agencies to make plans for the large-scale redundancies.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
It’s now emerged that key unscripted executives including Gretchen Stockdale, COO of Pilgrim Media Group, are exiting as a result of the redundancies.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Conduct a technology audit to identify redundancies, inefficiencies and compliance gaps.
—Jay Deady, Forbes.com, 17 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
Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
It’s now emerged that key unscripted executives including Gretchen Stockdale, COO of Pilgrim Media Group, are exiting as a result of the redundancies.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Conduct a technology audit to identify redundancies, inefficiencies and compliance gaps.
—Jay Deady, Forbes.com, 17 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancies
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What regulated actual Southern credit markets, when bondpeople were used as collateral for loans, were surpluses from slave labor, not short-term fluctuations in slave prices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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The Interior Department, for instance, told employees to take home their phones and laptops to keep an eye out of dismissals.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Finances could bear the early dismissals, too.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The measured abundances of the light elements throughout the Universe verified the predictions of Big Bang nucleosynthesis, while also demonstrating the need for fusion in stars to provide the heavy elements in our cosmos.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 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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In the leadup to the deadline to fund the government this week, the White House directed agencies to prepare for mass firings in the event that Congress couldn’t reach a deal, rather than furloughing those not deemed essential as in past shutdowns.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Of the 55 firings, 18 resulted in the school finding itself in the AP Poll sometime in the following season.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the threat of layoffs looms for many government workers.—
The Editors,
The Atlantic,
4 Oct. 2025
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Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Redundancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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