as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
an overabundance of desserts at a potluck dinner
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Noun
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Are places with smaller gaps or with retirement income surpluses necessarily better places to retire?—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Later, those conservative projections produce surpluses that are used to pay down debt and lower taxes.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The other study – an independent laboratory experiment – demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The other study—an independent laboratory experiment—demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The first level is discovering character through observing and identifying how deficiencies, excesses, and virtuous behaviors are revealed in ourselves and others.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But even if the battles between political parties sometimes have a useful purpose, Washington worried about the excesses of partisanship.—
Robert A. Strong,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Overabundances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overabundances. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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