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superfluous

[soo-pur-floo-uhs] / sʊˈpɜr flu əs /


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A best picture Oscar for “Sinners” is damned near superfluous.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Even copies of years-old news articles are marred with superfluous redactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Once again, artificial intelligence was at the center of the selloff, amid worries that software would be made superfluous by Anthropic’s Claude applications.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

They flesh out the narrative just slightly enough not to feel entirely superfluous.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

My two fifteen-minute breaks, which seemed almost superfluous on the 10:00-6:00 shift, now become a matter of urgent calculation.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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