surplusage
Example Sentences
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In discussing the 14th Amendment, Mr. Barnett fairly shows that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” isn’t empty surplusage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Some of that surplusage is sold by private surplus retailers.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
But “our preference for avoiding surplusage constructions is not absolute.”
From MSNBC ● Jun. 25, 2015
Therefore, argues Mr. Hurja, Roosevelt is certain of re-election and any states he carries in the Northeast will be surplusage.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was far larger in area than when he had first seen it; its outlet was too narrow to carry off the surplusage due to the tremendous rains.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
