in excess
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Social isolation among older adults also accounts for about $6.7 billion in excess Medicare spending a year, largely due to increased hospital and nursing-facility spending, according to the 2023 surgeon general’s report.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Analyst Owen Birrell says a criticism of Transurban following its FY26 result was the lack of incremental portfolio growth over the medium term, in excess of underlying traffic growth and inflation-linked toll rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Toledo repeatedly saw temperatures in excess of 40C.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
For all the talk of a front three who all cost in excess of £100m, Liverpool are becoming a harder side to beat under Iraola.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
And although the gale was generating a windchill in excess of seventy below zero Fahrenheit, I felt strangely, disturbingly warm.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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