excessively
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“After a marriage for this period of time, differentiating between marital and non-marital assets became excessively challenging,” when they got divorced, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Experts call this tendency of machines to excessively agree with and flatter their users AI sycophancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Smaller neurons tend to respond more easily to stimulation, making them more likely to fire excessively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Newsom said “too many fire survivors are reporting that lenders and servicers are adding unnecessary red tape and excessively withholding funds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“The discussion is excessively electric. We sometimes emerge from it with tired minds, like an electric battery after it’s run down,” Vincent tells Theo.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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