excess
Example Sentences
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Deficiency remains a more common and better-established problem than excess.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
In a regulatory filing, SpaceX noted that its space-segment revenue primarily comes from fixed-price contracts and that it will be required to absorb any excess costs related to those contracts.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Planned capacity cuts in Europe of more than 800,000 units are in line with Jefferies’ estimate of about 1 million excess capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
While figures from May suggest China's coal generation may have dropped again, "the problem of excess coal capacity and entrenched favouritism of coal in the grid remain", he told AFP.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
With the passage of time we may expect progressively more serious outbreaks of insects, both disease-carrying and crop-destroying species, in excess of anything we have ever known.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing excess
Much Ado: Synonyms for "Many"
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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The Dawes Act
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