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Over a decade later, the spirit of that push has become a core policy for Johnson, who persuaded aldermen to support a record $1 billion TIF surplus that yielded $572 million for Chicago Public Schools and $233 million for the city.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Those teams have areas of surplus and change-of-scenery candidates.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Yet the outcome of the big bang was somehow a tiny sliver more matter than antimatter—all the galaxies, dust and living things in the universe belong to this minuscule excess.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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Delano Miami Beach, which was built in 1947 and became a wildly popular hot spot for celebrities and a symbol of Miami Beach excess after a 1995 renovation, has reopened after six years.—
Connie Ogle
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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If both parties orgasmed, all the better as this would help in the excretion of harmful superfluities.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Cullinan, which went on sale in 2018 and is now in its second generation, oozes superfluity, and that's totally fine.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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On the power user's note, the Ultra supports 68W TurboPower charging, which seems overkill but is the kind of flagship feature Motorola can offer with a bang.—
Florence Ion,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Beuerlein lamented that fans can’t just watch all the games on TV at home for free, calling the NFL’s expansion to streaming services overkill.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Both men marveled at the surfeit of shovels stacked by the door.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The President and the explorer share a few traits, including a surfeit of self confidence.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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The birth mother died of a drug overdose shortly thereafter.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The project aims to present an alternative to opioids, which carry risks of addiction and overdose.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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When farmers complained about low prices, FDR blamed an oversupply of food.—
John Stossel,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
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Denver has an oversupply of apartments right now, thanks to a flurry of developers breaking ground when interest rates were low amid the pandemic.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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But there’s an uncertainty of around 20% on each of those figures (and, correspondingly, for the redshift as well), as a lower-mass merger that was closer or a higher-mass merger that was more distant would produce a signal with roughly the same amplitude.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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