EXCESSED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

excessed

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past tense of excess

as in downsized

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After strong public and state lawmaker pushback, the facility is still being built, but downsized.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
After her daughter and son grew up, Saint and her husband downsized to a stylish, art-laden condominium in Westwood in the mid-1970s.

— Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Noem was appointed special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in March, after she was removed as homeland security secretary amid mounting scrutiny of her management of the department and the influence of her adviser, Corey Lewandowski.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
According to the Holy See Press Office, doctors removed the lower lobe of the pontiff's right lung during a procedure that lasted approximately 90 minutes.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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But anxiety across the continent has been sky-high since Canal+ axed MultiChoice’s loss-making streaming platform Showmax earlier this year.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
And when asked about this being the final season of the show, Cox pointedly acknowledged the fan base that railed to bring the character back after its Netflix iteration was axed.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

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And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The game ended when Herbert was sacked after the Chargers moved to the Broncos’ 40-yard line, and time expired.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Just last month, Mazal Group itself — the hub of operations for the family business — terminated its business license in California.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
The company subsequently terminated the employee and referred the case to federal authorities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

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The race toward nuclear energy faced a major setback in 1979, with the meltdown at Three Mile Island; dozens of projects were canned in the aftermath.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Those same items could also be made now, with the products frozen and canned for later consumption.

— Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

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