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excess

[ik-ses, ek-ses, ek-ses, ik-ses] / ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛs, ˈɛk sɛs, ɪkˈsɛs /




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That excess cholesterol interfered with the astrocytes' lysosomal waste-disposal system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

More recent carve-outs in the law also allow leaders to direct excess funds to infrastructure and local government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Cutler, now with the Asia Society Policy Institute, expects some countries will "mince no words" as they feel they have been unfairly targeted on excess capacity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

If some other drug relieves the symptoms of schizophrenia, then an excess of it must cause schizophrenia.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

Very occasionally, one will say something anodyne—border security is important, police are necessary—that implicitly criticizes the party’s wildest excesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

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

And she had no idea that her preferences prodded him to such excesses.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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