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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

Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

For me, it happens often enough that this approach feels less like overkill and more like mercy.

From Salon Jan. 27, 2026

That was probably overkill, but apparently I had sold it.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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