excessively

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Officials also pledged to investigate illegal foreign-exchange transactions by exporters and importers through lead-and-lag practices—such as accelerating import payments or excessively delaying export receipts—activities the government has vowed to crack down on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Roberge argues that the trade centered on “momentum” stocks—shares that have risen sharply and attracted increasing investor attention—had become excessively crowded.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Researchers engineered the compound to activate important signaling pathways in a new way that benefits muscle tissue without excessively stimulating the heart, a challenge that has historically limited the use of β2 agonists.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

He began to have difficult nights in which the blankets seemed excessively heavy to him, the sheets too light.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende