as in surplus
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superfluousness
Noun
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And the $529 million shortfall already assumes $300 million in TIF surplus.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025 -
At Tuesday’s meeting, the school board was informed that the surplus of federal funds that had been used to offer free lunch throughout the district for the past school year was finally depleted.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Mania, the one side of its polarity, wants novelty, power, movement, excess.—
Cameron Esposito,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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Amid low hope for progress, one positive outcome for financial markets in talks would be an agreement to bring down tariffs from an excess of 100 percent to levels allowing products to flow each way, Reuters reported.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Since the 2015 Progeny box already gave us seven full concerts from the same tour, an additional show is welcome, but a bit of an overkill.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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This might sound like overkill, but as the car heats up and snow starts to slide, roof snow can fall onto windshields and obscure vision at intersections or when pressing on the brakes.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside Online,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 May 2025
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, drug overdose deaths had surged to record levels.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The idea behind it is to curb the oversupply of rice, in order to indirectly, but nevertheless artificially, ensure rice prices remain relatively high.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 May 2025
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Prices are dropping all across the state, and will likely continue to drop for years due to an oversupply of housing combined with record lack of affordability.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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His performance is the loudest thing in it by an amplitude of 10.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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First, why are speech and music so distinct in their amplitude over time?—
Andrew Chang,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2024
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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