as in extra
being over what is needed
any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless
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as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
a new television season with an excess of sitcoms featuring wisecracking teenagers
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as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
the wretched excess that is so often found in the world of show business
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as in to lay off
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Recent Examples of excess
Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
How to clean it: Remove excess hair and fuzz from the bristles.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Here was elegance without exaggeration, tension and beauty without stagy excess.
—James Shapiro, The New York Review of Books, 3 Jan. 2025
Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
That suggests existing protections won’t have much force until the state extends its new worker-misclassification law (which cracks down on employers who rely to excess on gig workers) to temporary employees.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
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Adjective
Meta and Apple were once too ranked highly as employers, but have slipped in recent years, with workers citing toxic culture hallmarks of excess, unpaid working hours and lack of transparency.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
How to clean it: Remove excess hair and fuzz from the bristles.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
Food Our Tarts, Ourselves Chris Randle Butter tarts are strangely modest in their excess, a two-dollar decadence.
—hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Here was elegance without exaggeration, tension and beauty without stagy excess.
—James Shapiro, The New York Review of Books, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
Over the past few months, my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
That suggests existing protections won’t have much force until the state extends its new worker-misclassification law (which cracks down on employers who rely to excess on gig workers) to temporary employees.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excess
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If so desired, extra time can be spent on the Lions’ 52-point explosion in a Week 8 victory over the Tennessee Titans.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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If more than one cutting has rooted, transplant the extra cuttings to separate containers.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Luckily, Lovehoney has made all the possibilities more reachable by discounting a surplus of devices ahead of February 14 by up to 70 percent off.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
15 Jan. 2025
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For example, one couple who would have faced a retirement funding shortfall when they had been affected by the WEP and GPO may now have a lifetime surplus of more than $300,000 once those offsets are eliminated, according to MassMutual's computer models.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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Another user said about a dozen pharmacists were laid off the same day at a central processing center in Boise.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Jan. 2025
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Redden said no frontline bus or train operators would be laid off.—
Sarah Freishtat,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Seconds Market, a clothing swap service, has launched a form connecting donors who want to send spare clothes directly to someone who was impacted by the fires.—
Caelyn Pender,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Could someone, ideally someone with a spare trailer, help evacuate her roughly 300-pound potbellied pig?—
Callie Holtermann,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Ewers was sacked and stripped by former five-star recruit and his Ohio State former roommate.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Jan. 2025
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On Tuesday, West Ham United sacked Julen Lopetegui (formerly of Wolverhampton Wanderers) and replaced him with Graham Potter (formerly of Chelsea and Brighton).—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Razorbacks trimmed the MU lead to 12 on the back of a 6-0 run in the early minutes of the second half.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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The walls are trimmed in cinderblock to protect from flaming debris blowing up against the seam where wall meets ground.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The move is an apparent effort to repeal President Biden’s executive order to remove potential workforce barriers for the outlined demographic in 2021.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The site, however, was removed during Trump's first term which started in 2017.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Many of its rivals followed suit including Paramount Global which took this approach in order to downsize its Showtime platform.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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And the Holiday Bowl, which downsized this season to San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium, drew the smallest crowd (23,920) in the bowl’s 46-year history for a Syracuse-Washington State matchup.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Excess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excess. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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