excess
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Convert before the full RMD is out and the amount that should have been RMD becomes an excess contribution to the Roth, which is an unpleasant thing to unwind.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"For that reason, monitoring vitamin D levels and treating excess abdominal fat are essential measures to prevent premature death, especially after age 50," he adds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
To keep its head above water, China dumps its excess capacity on world markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In that same spirit of excess, there’s an extra scene in the end credits that goes over like a lead balloon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She would then feed the clothes into the rollers and turn the crank to squeeze the excess water out so that she could hang the clothes on the line to dry.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The label’s growing popularity presents a certain irony for a project founded partly as a critique of fashion’s excesses: Matières Fécales is now luxury fashion itself.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Yet its authority is not self-executing: It relies on lower courts to implement its decisions, extend their logic, and normalize the resulting excesses.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Vacant apartment complexes dubbed "ghost cities" have sparked debate on Chinese social media about the impact of speculative buying and the country's real estate excesses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I don’t see prominent excesses, and our economy feels pretty good,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I trim the grandiloquent excesses on this and the other answer before e-mailing them to Amu.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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The Dawes Act
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