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Noun
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Several were already sold out by 1 p.m. Thursday, but other restaurants open up their surplus shop in the evening.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025 -
That one is a negative, however, as their +68 pop up surplus is quite a drag on their offense.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Sip wines made right on-site, sweat out nights of excess in the barrel sauna and cold plunge, and savor in-room breakfasts and alfresco wine dinners.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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With no shortage of natural night in this nursery, there’s little need for an excess of lamps or harsh overhead lighting, though the boho-style chandelier Storm added complements the wood finishes throughout the space.—
Nina Derwin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
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After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Part Rambo, part Aliens, Predator features the kind of glorious Reagan-era overkill typical of its blockbuster age, marrying shoot-’em-up spectacle to an ingenious narrative hook.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Mindful of potential overkill, or of drowning out Simon’s fragile voice, the collective let the arrangements breathe and valued the spaces between notes.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Washington now has a surfeit of shooting guards with C.J. McCollum, Marcus Smart and Bub Carrington, but trades will likely have that worked out that by midseason. 7.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Washington now has a surfeit of shooting guards with C.J. McCollum, Marcus Smart and Bub Carrington, but trades will likely have that worked out that by midseason.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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An inmate is facing a murder charge after a woman died from a drug overdose at the Dallas County Jail on July 13, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 July 2025
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Plasencia was one of five people charged in the wake of Perry's death from a ketamine overdose on Oct. 28, 2023, at the age of 54.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
23 July 2025
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There are signs, too, that Beijing’s efforts to reduce industrial oversupply are boosting economic confidence a bit.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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More supply is needed to increase the share of first-time homebuyers in the coming years even though some markets appear to have a temporary oversupply at the moment.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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The selection of encoding methods between amplitude and basis encoding affects the model's ability to efficiently represent complex relationships.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Only the amplitude of stimulation, measured in volts, is typically adjusted to accommodate individual tolerances or symptom severity.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 June 2025
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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