excessively
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“However, we believe the market has become excessively pessimistic.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Researchers identified evidence that a protein and sugar-tagging pathway is excessively active in Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Roberge argues that the trade centered on “momentum” stocks—shares that have risen sharply and attracted increasing investor attention—had become excessively crowded.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
He began to have difficult nights in which the blankets seemed excessively heavy to him, the sheets too light.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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