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As of the end of August, the plans’ estimated aggregate surplus increased by $15 billion, to $175 billion, compared with a $160 billion surplus at the end of July, Marsh said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The eurozone’s adjusted trade surplus widened in July, signaling a boost to the economy from trade at the start of the third quarter despite lingering geopolitical uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Saima Ashraf, deputy leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, said the focus was on delivering "surplus good food" through a partnership approach.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Matthews said until the Blythe prison site’s infrastructure is separated from neighboring Ironwood State Prison and its bond obligations are resolved, the property can’t move through the state’s process for dispensing with surplus property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.

From "1984" by George Orwell

But soaring surpluses with several key trading partners has also become a political issue, as officials overseas argue that waves of Chinese imports are crowding out local competition.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

“In particular, countries with excessive and persistent external surpluses should remove distortions that constrain domestic consumption and that result in an overreliance on exports for growth,” the Treasury statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The trade surplus was supported by falling energy imports as oil prices cooled, alongside larger surpluses in chemicals, machinery and vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Because Jamaica ran sizable primary fiscal surpluses for more than a decade, halving its government debt-to-GDP ratio from 140% in 2012 to 62% in 2024.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

For the most part, that adoption was linked to our adoption of food production, which required us to remain close to our crops, orchards, and stored food surpluses.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The city has been prioritizing the use of surplused land for “low-income housing” for several years.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

Next he built a telecom infrastructure company — MK Global — that ”secured the rights to a $1 billion in equipment surplused in the wake of the dot-com crash.”

From Forbes ● Sep. 19, 2011

Consequently the neighborhood was notified that a sacred concert by a "surplused choir" composed of members of the Jenkins household, assisted by a few of their schoolmates, would be given a week from Wednesday night.

From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates

He couldn't look like that surplused boy, though.

From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates