in excess

idiom

: in overly large amounts
Eating anything in excess can be bad for you.

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The legislation says harm includes financial harm in excess of $100 but doesn’t define harm itself. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025 Because Cleveland still owes him in excess of $170 million against its cap sheet, the Browns were expected to carry him on the 2025 roster before the reinjury. Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 The commission noted these prices were in excess of the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for these drugs. Joseph Choi, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025 When the most massive stars (with masses in excess of 8 times that of the sun) reached the end of their supplies of fuel for nuclear fusion, their cores collapsed, creating black holes or neutron stars, while their metal-rich outer layers were blasted away in supernova explosions. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for in excess 

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“In excess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20excess. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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