excessiveness

Example Sentences

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Some big institutions have turned increasingly negative on executive pay packages, especially those with the red flags of excessiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

My issue now is with the excessiveness I find in holidays and birthdays.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

Its crazy excessiveness wasn’t a 1970s-era lapse in taste; like the horned headdress of Wagner’s Brünnhilde, it was the whole point.

From Time • Dec. 27, 2016

That’s a result of corporate boards attempting to respond to years of criticism about excessiveness from Main Street America, regulators and even candidates on the presidential trail this year.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2016

Such excessiveness is not infrequently the cause of serious injury to the heart and lungs or to both.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)