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The government is setting out plans to "requires all schools to be firmly focused on improving children's outcomes - not excessive profit-making," the spokesperson added.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

It’s not excessive — it’s not like 80 and 90 — but some people still want to know what they’re going to get.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

“We further find that the financial sanction to compel compliance was a proper exercise of the court’s discretionary power and was not excessive or otherwise improper,” the appellate panel said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

“Coffee intake, if not excessive, should be safe for bone,” he says, “and if you still have concerns, add milk!”

From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2023

It may possibly be imagined by severe men, that I am too frequent in the mention of the theatrical representations; but who is not excessive in the discourse of what he extremely likes?

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various




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