as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way
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as in gorges
to fill with food to capacity
having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings
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Noun
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These surpluses were credited to the OASI trust fund.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026 -
San Diego officials say this is groundbreaking stuff in the water world, creating new mechanisms and legal frameworks to transfer water from where there are surpluses to where there’s need.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Over the past year, ICE has been responsible for many of the worst excesses of this administration, taking a hatchet to due process and other civil protections, and visiting violence upon our communities.—
Kica Matos,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Netanyahu has been engaged in a three-year effort, even during the war in Gaza, to carry out a judicial coup that would all but eliminate the separation of powers in Israel — one that enables its Supreme Court to check the excesses of the governing political party.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Gonzalez has been an advanced metrics darling in his first NBA season — the only two players ranked in the top 10 in offensive, defensive and net rating entering Monday were him and reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — but rarely stuffs the conventional stat sheet.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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Rapisura-Pardo stuffs a jalapeno half with a creamy crawfish filling, wraps it in a spring roll wrapper and fries until golden.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Surfeits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfeits. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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