excess
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The BOA is far from the only organisation dealing with excess kit – elite sport in general struggles with kit wastage.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The lymphatic system consists of vessels and tissues that collect excess fluid, transport certain waste products, and help coordinate immune responses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
With excess power on the civilian grid, power companies could retire their oldest units, allowing for an even cleaner grid at a reduced cost to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella, Mac Allister and Joao Pedro were all sold for a profit in excess of £25m each.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Yes, we’re really about excess in this country,” Kimberly said.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Now they also realize they “don’t want these excesses, don’t want the federal government to come in and round up everyone, especially people that don’t have a criminal past.”
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
But recessions rid economies of the inefficiencies and excesses that stop them from achieving robust growth postrecovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Very occasionally, one will say something anodyne—border security is important, police are necessary—that implicitly criticizes the party’s wildest excesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He was forced to hire a pair of bodyguards to protea him from his own excesses.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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