excessed

verb

past tense of excess
as in downsized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessed
  1. downsized
  2. removed
  3. retired
  4. axed
  5. sacked
  6. dismissed
  7. terminated
  8. canned
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  • John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026
  • After strong public and state lawmaker pushback, the facility is still being built, but downsized.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of downsized
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  • And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • Henderson had retired from the sheriff’s office about five months before the crash and was working as a special deputy directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati during graduation.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI brought GPT-4o back following the backlash but retired it in February 2026.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of retired
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  • Corral and his team were axed from Movistar Plus+ last year, prompting an outcry from the creative community, who saw his outlook as the main preserve of ambitious but popular storytelling.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While some content execs were axed in the layoffs this week, the cuts were mostly focused on product, tech, legal and HR.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of axed
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  • Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Much worse, the Commanders were in field goal range, and they somehow got sacked.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacked
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  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • According to the report, half of the employees that carried out workplace violence had disciplinary records, such as a man who shot and killed four co-workers in an HR meeting after being given notice that he was being terminated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Estes also said in the news release that Cooper was terminated from the city of Rhome, where he was employed full-time in the fire department.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of terminated
Verb
  • How do fresh and canned pumpkin puree differ in texture and flavor?
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of canned
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