surplus
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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
The eurozone’s adjusted trade surplus widened to 5.0 billion euros in July from 1.0 billion euros in June, according to Eurostat.
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
I could hear him rooting in his army surplus duffel bag.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Kim expects chip exports to jump 175% this year and 41% next year, with long-term agreements by semiconductor companies likely to help the country sustain strong exports and current-account surpluses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
The country has now racked up surpluses four straight months, following May’s downwardly revised C$3.7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Canada has now racked up trade surpluses three months running as exports have rebounded following a weak start to the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Briefly, at high population densities only a portion of the people came to be farmers, but they were mobilized to devote themselves to intensive food production, thereby yielding surpluses to feed nonproducers.
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
He couldn't look like that surplused boy, though.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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
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