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Battery storage also allows utilities to rely more on renewable energy sources by making them more efficient: It retains excess energy from wind and solar power that can be used when those sources aren’t producing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

With unusually hot air across France and Spain - where temperatures have widely been in excess of 30C - the southerly wind will bring some of this warmth to the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Micron is planning to return all of its excess cash over time, and Cassidy said he expects buybacks “to be the primary way” it targets that goal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

For many people, the solution has been brachioplasty, the surgical procedure that cuts away excess flesh and tapers upper limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

She lived on Long Island then, after roaming all over the country, in a small house with a Shinnecock sailor who doted on her to excess.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Now they also realize they “don’t want these excesses, don’t want the federal government to come in and round up everyone, especially people that don’t have a criminal past.”

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

The political system has modified what it concluded were excesses, and the Bill of Rights still limits the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Abstinence campaigns have gathered ground in many countries in recent years, notably the trend to pursue a "Dry January" after Christmas and New Year's Eve excesses.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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

He had been bitten with the craze for birds which bites all sensible people in the spring, and which sometimes even leads to excesses like birds’ nesting.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White