surplus
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Secondly, the tech sector overall is running a financing surplus of around $400 billion this year because cash flows are exceeding capex.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
China generated a record annual trade surplus of $1.2 trillion in 2025 and is on track to surpass that this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
This surplus of opulence is what gives the film its edge, too.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The charity, which redistributes surplus food to about 70 organisations across the region, said it was facing the challenge of meeting growing demand while absorbing higher operating costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Everybody had begun to look alike, dressed in surplus War Department clothing—pea coats, knit caps, canvas leggings, army earmuffs, and wool khaki pants.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
But elsewhere, China's soaring surpluses are increasingly stoking tensions with key trading partners, including the European Union and the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Denmark recently has run surpluses, enabling the government to offer voters a hefty cut in electricity taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
It’s worth noting that with the boom in commodity prices in 2026 Brazil is posting massive trade surpluses every month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
But soaring surpluses with several key trading partners has also become a political issue, as officials overseas argue that waves of Chinese imports are crowding out local competition.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The city has been prioritizing the use of surplused land for “low-income housing” for several years.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Next he built a telecom infrastructure company — MK Global — that ”secured the rights to a $1 billion in equipment surplused in the wake of the dot-com crash.”
From Forbes ● Sep. 19, 2011
Consequently the neighborhood was notified that a sacred concert by a "surplused choir" composed of members of the Jenkins household, assisted by a few of their schoolmates, would be given a week from Wednesday night.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
He couldn't look like that surplused boy, though.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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