surplus
Example Sentences
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One key difference now is that China has vastly more resources to achieve its self-reliance goals, from many of the world’s leading scientists and engineers to the foreign capital flowing in from its trade surpluses.
But many say the scheme's durability also underscores a deeper structural problem: India's chronic inability to generate enough non-farm jobs to absorb surplus rural labour.
From BBC
The country still runs a sizable current-account surplus—roughly $500-700 billion—but instead of accumulating in official reserves, those savings are being deployed abroad by firms, households, and financial institutions.
From Barron's
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new gun buyback scheme to purchase surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms.
From BBC
Oil prices were headed for a weekly loss of more than 2% as concerns over a looming supply surplus outweighed geopolitical risks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
