excessive
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This targeted action meant that animals in the control group that had not experienced sleep deprivation did not show signs of excessive neural stimulation despite receiving caffeine.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
"It's a two-handed push. This is far removed from normal footballing contact. This is too excessive for us to ignore."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“We’re going after police for excessive force,” he said.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
“It suggests BP has a culture that does not tolerate excessive poor behavior,” Clarke said, “even at the top when the risk of reputational damage is clear.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
And if excessive amounts of rehearsal time were any indication of success, we were surely destined to go down in jazz history.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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