surplus
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The Newsom administration predicted a historic surplus of nearly $100 billion the next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
U.S. refiners would need to reduce production to prevent a diesel surplus that an export ban would create.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Charity FoodCycle said its programme turns surplus supermarket produce into free meals and groceries for families, helping to cut waste while easing household costs.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The country had previously moved to export surplus electricity to neighbouring India and Bangladesh, seeking to turn its glacier-fed rivers into a source of revenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Once we reached the peak of the greystone hill, I put Denna’s surplus of energy to use and sent her to gather firewood while I made an even larger fire pit than our previous one.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
It’s worth noting that with the boom in commodity prices in 2026 Brazil is posting massive trade surpluses every month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
In addition, Moody’s said Argentina’s sustained fiscal surpluses, a decline in inflation and continued economic liberalization have acted to strengthen its policy credibility and reduce macroeconomic volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Canadian trade surpluses can come and go quickly with swings in oil prices, and this reading is likely the high-water mark for now, said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Because Jamaica ran sizable primary fiscal surpluses for more than a decade, halving its government debt-to-GDP ratio from 140% in 2012 to 62% in 2024.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
With the crop surpluses that they could grow and store, they fed craft specialists, chiefs, and part-time soldiers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The city has been prioritizing the use of surplused land for “low-income housing” for several years.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Next he built a telecom infrastructure company — MK Global — that ”secured the rights to a $1 billion in equipment surplused in the wake of the dot-com crash.”
From Forbes ● Sep. 19, 2011
Consequently the neighborhood was notified that a sacred concert by a "surplused choir" composed of members of the Jenkins household, assisted by a few of their schoolmates, would be given a week from Wednesday night.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
He couldn't look like that surplused boy, though.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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