surplusage
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In discussing the 14th Amendment, Mr. Barnett fairly shows that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” isn’t empty surplusage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Some of that surplusage is sold by private surplus retailers.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
But “our preference for avoiding surplusage constructions is not absolute.”
From MSNBC ● Jun. 25, 2015
In general, the surplusage and consequent confusion of our great . . . art museums is a matter of daily and just comment.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The description of the termini between which the letter was intended to be sent by post cannot be rejected as surplusage, but must be proved as laid."
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Robert Green Ingersoll
