excessively

Example Sentences

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“But broad-based and open-ended measures may add excessively to demand and strengthen the pass-through.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

To describe the phenomenon, he used the slang word "glazing" -- to excessively praise something.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

When F. nucleatum was introduced directly into breast ducts, it caused metaplastic and hyperplastic lesions, noncancerous changes where cells either grow excessively or shift into a different type.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Kaley has since been diagnosed with body dysmorphia, a condition where people worry excessively about their physical appearance and do not see themselves as others do.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Ernest’s colleagues observed his “obvious distress” all weekend long; Compton suggested that he was excessively swayed by the friendships he had forged with Japanese physicists who had worked on the cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik