excessively

Example Sentences

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For my own reading, L’Belle-Tividad walked me into her office, a small space in the back of the Pure Heart Collective that is decorated excessively in soft pinks.

From Los Angeles Times

The US Centers for Disease Control says 40 percent of Americans are obese, and almost 16 percent have diabetes, a condition that can result from being excessively overweight.

From Barron's

The report said the UK has excessively risk-averse policies in place, including "overly conservative" rules on radiation exposure levels for workers.

From BBC

A research paper published in July 2025 by the British Psychological Society found that aiming for excessively high goals often leads to long working hours, with only marginal gains in performance.

From BBC

He sees speculation as being rife in the artificial-intelligence theme, noting that markets tend to price in big transformations “quickly and excessively,” as it did with the internet in the early 1990s.

From MarketWatch