as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
several selectmen argued that the town's cash overage was significant enough to warrant a reduction of the residential property tax
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Recent Examples of overage
Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
To cover the overage, commissioners said the city has $104,000 set aside for public art.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
The Olympic football tournament is predominantly an Under-23 competition but each country is permitted to include three overage players.
—Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
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Noun
Plagued by budget overages, the project also fell victim to a conservative revolt, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
To cover the overage, commissioners said the city has $104,000 set aside for public art.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Adjective
There will also be no overdraft or overage fees for ATM and credit cards.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2020
The Olympic football tournament is predominantly an Under-23 competition but each country is permitted to include three overage players.
—Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overage
Noun
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Trade deficits and foreign investment surplus show voluntary market transactions from which each party expects to benefit, or the transactions would not occur.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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This spike, a bit higher than Swanson expected, is the result of a global surplus fading and import levels returning to normal.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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From 2014 to this fall, Byrnes was there for all of it as the senior vice president of baseball operations.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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While plenty of flashy tropical cocktails anchor the menu, Sumrall’s favorite libation leans more into 1920s excess.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mountainhead is one of HBO’s best original films and comes courtesy of writer-director Jesse Armstrong, one of the premier satirists of our age, having lampooned the world of media excess during Succession’s four seasons.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The medium-coverage formula doubles as an anti-aging serum thanks to vitamin C that minimizes dark spots.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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Scientists believe its anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties may help protect the retina.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Democrats are also exploring increasing the property tax credit for homes and cars and creating a new credit for expenses to help an elderly parent.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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Authorities identified one victim who was killed when an elderly driver crashed her silver Mercedes sedan into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood Thursday — an incident that resulted in the death of three people and left several others injured.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Catherine was the queen of self-abusing, hard-living, and heading-over-the-hill entertainment veterans — women who were trapped behind a façade of slick showbiz tics that barely covered the active volcano of psychosis bubbling right under their surface.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Tom Basden, who co-wrote the script with Tim Key, plays an over-the-hill rock star who unknowingly is paired with his bitter ex-partner, played by Carey Mulligan, for a private concert on a remote Welsh island.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The state also boasts the second-best geriatric hospitals in the country, WalletHub says, and has one of the lowest rates of social isolation for seniors.—
Chris Mueller,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
30 Jan. 2026
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Harris reports that only about 39% of available geriatric fellowship positions were filled in 2025.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Overage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overage. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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