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as in surpluses
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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as in dismissals
chiefly British
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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Recent Examples of redundancies
Bhatt says this eliminates redundancies and will simplify design by letting the company start from scratch rather than try to fit into existing architectures.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The systems on the Dali were originally designed with reliable redundancies and automatic restart capabilities so the ship could quickly regain power after a blackout.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
On Tuesday, officials said the ship regained power after the first blackout due to redundancies that were installed.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Plus, the draft lottery could leave any of the lottery teams with potential redundancies on their roster.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The result would be fewer redundancies and more equitable delivery.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Second, social programs should be reviewed for redundancies and duplications.
—Rose Evans
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Feldstein Soto added that changing the structure of the office would increase spending during a fiscally challenging time, as well as result in unnecessary redundancies.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
Two days later, Talfan Davies told staff that almost 10% would be leaving, with Deadline sources suggesting this will be through a mix of voluntary and involuntary redundancies.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The systems on the Dali were originally designed with reliable redundancies and automatic restart capabilities so the ship could quickly regain power after a blackout.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
On Tuesday, officials said the ship regained power after the first blackout due to redundancies that were installed.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Plus, the draft lottery could leave any of the lottery teams with potential redundancies on their roster.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The result would be fewer redundancies and more equitable delivery.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Second, social programs should be reviewed for redundancies and duplications.
—Rose Evans
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Feldstein Soto added that changing the structure of the office would increase spending during a fiscally challenging time, as well as result in unnecessary redundancies.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
Two days later, Talfan Davies told staff that almost 10% would be leaving, with Deadline sources suggesting this will be through a mix of voluntary and involuntary redundancies.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancies
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China, other Asian economies, oil exporters and parts of Europe were accumulating surpluses.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The budget is trimmed as Missouri has chewed through surpluses built over years of federal pandemic aid.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2026
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The Mulholland Drive actress has since become one of the most visible voices urging women to recognize perimenopause symptoms earlier, writing a book on the subject and speaking openly about the years of confusion, shame and dismissals that shaped her experience.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Korey’s record reports multimillion-dollar personal injury case results, more than 1,000 criminal-defense clients served, more than 500 dismissals, and recognition through The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and FOX 26 News.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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These morality tales, focusing on figures like Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, make an implicit claim that individual avarice somehow explains the excesses of an entire era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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The City Council last year rolled back some of the excesses in the ordinance, though only by a 5-4 vote.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
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The firings come on top of huge cuts to the NSF’s budget and the loss of more than 30% of NSF staff since January 2025.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
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Critics say the problem has only been compounded by a raft of cuts and firings and by the broader disruption brought by Kennedy’s health policies.—
Ali Swenson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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The ratio is also an important one because abundances of deuterium and hydrogen throughout the universe are thought to have been set during the Big Bang itself.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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According to the team, this means that having a dog in the house might shift the abundances of some mouth bacteria—potentially bacteria that might correlate with the adolescents’ psychological scores.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
3 Dec. 2025
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The layoffs became the deliverable because the actual transformation work is the hard work.—
Julie Averill,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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“Redundancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancies. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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