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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superfluousness
Noun
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That, and the surplus of mentors who played for Dad before him.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025 -
During the Legislature’s budget session in 2023, Minnesota was working with an $18 billion surplus and approved a budget of $72 billion, a jump from the previous $52 billion budget.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Though the film itself received mixed reviews, Kilmer’s committed performance as the self-destructive rocker who epitomized the psychedelic excesses of the 1960s was widely praised.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Drizzle a bit of oil into the skillet and wipe out the excess so only a thin sheen remains.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Since the 2015 Progeny box already gave us seven full concerts from the same tour, an additional show is welcome, but a bit of an overkill.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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This might sound like overkill, but as the car heats up and snow starts to slide, roof snow can fall onto windshields and obscure vision at intersections or when pressing on the brakes.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside Online,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Under Lightfoot, the district benefited from a surfeit of federal stimulus dollars that went to hiring.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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There are plenty of period pieces on TV, too, with a surfeit of fun costumes and grand settings and now-foreign social rules.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
18 June 2024
Noun
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A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son, Adam Harrison, died from an accidental drug overdose.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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Exceeding this dose can result in an overdose.—
Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Is the Tequila boom over, and is the industry suffering from a massive oversupply of products?—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Decades after the Flexner Report, in 1980, policymakers anticipated a physician oversupply based on medical school enrollment projections and government investments in the medical workforce.—
Nicole McCann,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Captured within a radar image are two pieces of information: amplitude and phase.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The April-to-September range had an amplitude of £154.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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