1
as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
ticket prices for the rock concert are simply too high
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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said
I want to buy this sweater—and that sweater too!
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3
as in extremely
to a great degree
the audience didn't seem too interested in what the speaker had to say
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Recent Examples of too
What a start, and against his old team, too.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Smith, 34, zinged a few special throws well downfield, too, in his Raiders debut.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally are inside-out buckets, too.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Most surfers along the California coast consider 15- to 20-foot waves too huge and scary to attempt.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Smith, 34, zinged a few special throws well downfield, too, in his Raiders debut.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally are inside-out buckets, too.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Most surfers along the California coast consider 15- to 20-foot waves too huge and scary to attempt.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for too
Adverb
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Enter Ned Sampson, an ebullient, well-meaning, and overly earnest Softees salesman extraordinaire who’s transferred from Chicago to Toledo to run TTT.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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If things get bad enough in the economy that the Fed has to cut more aggressively sooner rather than later, that’s not exactly a sign of a market where investors are likely to be overly aggressive with their own risk profile, either.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Back then, the TV Guide Fall Preview issue was sacred.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The animatronic Death Eater crouching on a bookshelf casts a spell, then Dolores Umbridge appears on a screen, then a rhinoceros-like Erumpent tries to gore the riders with its horn.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Or consider the extremely rapid development of vaccines during the recent COVID pandemic.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk has risen in popularity over the years for his extremely polarizing takes, which resulted in a heavy split among reactions to his passing.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The results aren’t just surface-level, either.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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There wasn’t a prospect-industrial complex around to hype them up, either.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The player known as Dan the Man during his playing days remains very active in a lot of different arenas.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Some like to get to the airport very early, with time for a full picnic, while others are dashing in at the last minute while downing a protein bar.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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But what doctors have recently uncovered is that dropping estrogen levels around this period might also spell trouble for women’s brain health.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Even raid racers are not terribly excited about that, and apparently even like the previous World’s First team is even going to bother with it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Set in his native Scotland and lovingly photographed, the film tantalizes even without a terribly original story.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pritzker, one of the richest men in the country, poured $350 million into his gubernatorial campaigns and bankrolled other Democrats besides.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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So if an extra (and questionable) ingredient weasels its way into the formula, and the supplement hits the market, there's not much the FDA can do besides send companies a warning letter to recall the supplement.—
Julia Forbes,
Wired News,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Too.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/too. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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