superabundances

noun

plural of superabundance
as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed a superabundance of applicants for a limited number of jobs

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  1. surpluses
  2. excesses
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
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