as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
the store was stuck with an overplus of tie-ins for a movie that fizzled at the box office
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Noun
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Lawmakers should strengthen the spending and volatility caps by limiting off budget workarounds and ensuring that one-time surpluses are used responsibly.—
Carol Platt Liebau,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026 -
The Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs each have infield surpluses, making players like Isaac Paredes, Nico Hoerner and Matt Shaw logical targets.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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As much as any other institution—schools, libraries, churches—the public-health system has helped propagate the idea of a commons, often working against historical inertia to curb the excesses of American individualism.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Foreign observers, Liu argues, tend to portray Chinese people as either the enablers or the victims of their government’s excesses.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Overpluses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpluses. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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