excessive
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Now it investigates police departments with excessive delays in approving gun permits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Although reactive oxygen species play useful roles in normal cell signaling and immune defenses, excessive production can damage tissues and increase oxidative stress.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Real estate giants such as Evergrande, Country Garden and Vanke have also been plagued by debt struggles since 2020, when authorities narrowed access to credit in a bid to curb excessive borrowing and speculation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Burnham established defenses that by prevailing standards seemed elaborate, even excessive.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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