excessed

past tense of excess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessed
Verb
  • With the rolling back of sustainability reporting requirements, businesses also downsized their sustainability teams, often rolling them under existing departments with limited scope.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Functions still at the department include the agency’s research arms, though they’ve been heavily downsized.
    Alia Wong, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • If a shrub is causing safety issues, is diseased, or is causing damage to structures, it should be removed.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • The New York Post also confirmed the suspension earlier on Saturday, citing internal police documents that state Scheublin was removed from his position on Tuesday, June 30.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Ashcraft eventually settled in and retired the last 10 batters.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1) took over in the second inning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … SPEAKING OUT — Meteorologist axed after Instagram rant blasts station's workplace culture.
    , FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Now, federal incentives have been axed and the new automaker has had to pivot.
    Sara Lacey, The Drive, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Alfaro had just been sacked by San Lorenzo, his eighth job in 14 years since starting as a 30-year-old following a brief playing career in Argentina.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
  • The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Only a handful of former agency staff now work at the State Department, and most of the programs were terminated.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City The building’s owner, a company called Delta Quad, has also faced multiple foreclosure proceedings since 2025, and the city terminated a financing incentive agreement for the property last spring.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • How to Eat Lentils are available dried or pre-cooked and canned, which is a convenient option for last-minute meals.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
  • Griffin scheduled a regular Friday-afternoon meeting with an underperforming executive, who never knew if the meeting would last fifteen minutes or four hours; after three months or so of this humiliation, he was canned.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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“Excessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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