excess
Example Sentences
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They operate with excess capacity and compete aggressively for access to the U.S. consumer.
So if you’ve fully retired, you should contact your IRA administrator and let them know you need to withdraw your “excess contribution” as well as any earnings the contribution has made.
From Los Angeles Times
"After a long run of pared-back, neutral or traditional Christmases, people seem much more willing to embrace fun, excess and nostalgia again," says Harry Bradshaw, from events and interiors styling company At Last Events.
From BBC
Most earlier studies of sorbitol metabolism focused on disease states such as diabetes, where high blood sugar leads to excess sorbitol production.
From Science Daily
But once they’re designed, the incremental cost of manufacturing more units is relatively small, so makers routinely overproduce, and sell any excess to smaller providers with less specific needs, Madannavar says.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
