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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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This may be overkill, but if you have millions of dollars, a “dynasty trust” allows you to control assets over multiple generations.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Expensive GPU-filled servers were overkill, and data-center customers mostly bought CPU servers to run websites, databases, applications, and other traditional workloads.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

To see this served up over and over again in a genre that an expanse of queer women enjoy, and spend money on to support, is just overkill.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2026

The overkill hits its nadir when the Bride repeatedly wails the survivors’ hashtag, “Me too!”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

It's overkill, but ain't no sense in doing something if you ain't going to go for broke.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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