surplus
Example Sentences
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In January of 2001, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the budget surpluses of President Bill Clinton’s second term would continue throughout the next decade, totaling $5.6 trillion and erasing the national debt.
The average estimate in a Wall Street Journal survey of analysts is for an above-average 169 Bcf withdrawal, which would turn the storage surplus over the five year average into a small deficit.
There’s a cadence to sales, a pattern to coupons, a small ecosystem of rewards programs and “oops” bins where imperfect or surplus food waits quietly for someone to notice.
From Salon
As China’s annual trade surplus rises above $1 trillion, the yuan stands at just above seven to the dollar.
The shop at North Bransholme Community Centre sells surplus food, with packs of fruit, vegetables and bread costing as little as 20p a time.
From BBC
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