surplusage
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In discussing the 14th Amendment, Mr. Barnett fairly shows that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” isn’t empty surplusage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Some of that surplusage is sold by private surplus retailers.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
But “our preference for avoiding surplusage constructions is not absolute.”
From MSNBC ● Jun. 25, 2015
In general, the surplusage and consequent confusion of our great . . . art museums is a matter of daily and just comment.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were incomplete beings occurring in the earth because of a surplusage of creative power that had not quite finished its work.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
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