#surplus

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. ↗

— Orville Wright

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Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

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