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Noun
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Will the Rockies, who have a surplus of young outfielders, make a spring training trade?—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026 -
The law aims to dramatically reduce landfill waste — especially organic waste — and requires many businesses to donate edible surplus food to organizations like Feeding San Diego.—
Patty Oconnor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Matthew Ampersand of Find Out Farms saw this excess.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Next, apply a very thin, even layer of high-smoke-point oil—such as grapeseed, avocado, or sunflower—to the entire surface, inside and out, and wipe away any excess.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
5 Mar. 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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The 6,500-square-foot three-story contemporary is minimalist in decor but teeming with superfluities, including an elevator, a first-floor gym, a screening room, an infrared sauna and a master-bedroom walk-in closet bigger (and tidier) than my SoHo apartment.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
29 July 2025
Noun
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This one included logos of the teams playing and did away with the XII overkill design.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2026
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At first, the Thule Urban Glide 3 felt like overkill compared to smaller, more compact travel strollers.—
Erica Zazo,
Outside,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As the Seahawks hoisted the trophy on the field, amid the gigantism and confetti cannons and surfeit on display, a sense of perspective seemed to have been restored.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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The galaxy sports not only a bright newborn jet but also a surrounding surfeit of older material blasted out by past AGN episodes.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That was the day he was found dead from a cocaine overdose last year.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Police said both parents were aware of the drug use in the home where the infant was living, which ultimately led to the baby's near-fatal fentanyl overdose.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Global milk prices have crashed, driven by a massive oversupply, causing prices to plummet below production costs and threatening many small-to-mid-sized dairy farms.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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But for context, the year started with the lowest pricing levels since the pandemic because of a fundamental global oversupply and a relative lack of geopolitical disruptions.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Riders flow through rails and jumps, linking tricks that get judged on difficulty, execution, amplitude and style.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But a medal will likely require her to nail an extra level of difficulty against competitors whose runs often contain more amplitude and rotations.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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