excessiveness
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Some big institutions have turned increasingly negative on executive pay packages, especially those with the red flags of excessiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Now, turning something up to 11 can mean any type of excessiveness, and references have popped up continuously since then, including in “Doctor Who” and the volume control on the Tesla Model S.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2018
Its crazy excessiveness wasn’t a 1970s-era lapse in taste; like the horned headdress of Wagner’s Brünnhilde, it was the whole point.
From Time ● Dec. 27, 2016
That’s a result of corporate boards attempting to respond to years of criticism about excessiveness from Main Street America, regulators and even candidates on the presidential trail this year.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2016
If there was aught to be regretted it was the excessiveness of the zeal of the tenders of good offices.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eug?ne Sue
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