surplus
Example Sentences
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It’s not a straight line from cease-fire to a reopened strait to barrels flooding back to a surplus, and no single one of those steps is automatic, she said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
The supercomputer will use huge amounts of electricity, and surplus heat generated on the site will be used to warm university buildings and, potentially, nearby homes.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
The state eventually put the hill on a list of surplus properties and in 2023 conveyed it to Juneau, which wanted it for housing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Officials last week announced measures to aid the weakened won, which Gov. Shin expects to stabilize due to the nation’s current-account surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Art had a gun, a pre-Second World War surplus clunker of a thing, which he kept in the barn.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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