Definition of surplusagenext

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Recent Examples of surplusage In everyday speech, in legal texts and even in translations of Genesis, one person’s surplusage may be another person’s way of dealing with inevitable trade-offs between clarity and concision. Sam Bray, Washington Post, 25 June 2017
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Noun
  • Learn how to measure flour the Test Kitchen way, and remember that dipping the measuring cup in the flour and scooping it out generally results in a 25-gram surplus of flour.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Carnegie urged the rich to live modestly and to direct the surplus toward universities, libraries, medical institutions and public parks.
    Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Grantham’s own framing reaches for an even longer horizon, tying market excess to demographic collapse and resource scarcity.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Or, the homeowner can choose to use battery storage and avoid an excess of $10,000 of expense of just upgrading the board.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Surplusage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surplusage. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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