surplus
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The eurozone swung to an adjusted trade surplus in June, as energy imports fell, helping the economy to grow faster than the U.S. in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The trade surplus in goods for the 21-nation currency area was €1.8 billion in June, from a deficit of €6.1 billion in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
AC Milan manager Ruben Amorim has told eight players - including England defender Fikayo Tomori, 28, and France forward Christopher Nkunku, 28 - that they are surplus to requirements at the Italian club.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Having a surplus in your cash reserves after all that is actually a pretty good outcome.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the river of surplus corn is waiting and so the cows must be forced to consume it and turn it into beef you and I can buy.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Because Jamaica ran sizable primary fiscal surpluses for more than a decade, halving its government debt-to-GDP ratio from 140% in 2012 to 62% in 2024.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Deficits and surpluses will be on the agenda at next week’s G-7 meeting in the French Alps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Prabowo himself has come under fire over the programme, especially for its hefty price tag at a time when Indonesia is grappling with dwindling trade surpluses and a weak currency.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Plus, he said the administration has signaled that the countries with larger trade surpluses with the U.S.—China falls into that category—will have higher tariffs.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Since as hunter-gatherers they did not produce crop surpluses available for redistribution or storage, they could not support and feed nonhunting craft specialists, armies, bureaucrats, and chiefs.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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