Sentence examples for a surplus of about from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a surplus of about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an excess quantity or amount that is approximately a certain figure.
Example: "The company reported a surplus of about $1 million at the end of the fiscal year."
Alternatives: "an excess of approximately" or "a surplus estimated at".

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That was much more than the consensus expectation of economists for a surplus of about $19 billion, and it easily exceeded a surplus of $19.6 billion in June.

The Congressional Budget Office expects the government to run a surplus of about $121 billion in the year that ends today, down from $236 billion the year before.

The private-sector financial balance swung from a deficit of −3.7 percent of G.D.P. in 2006, at the height of the boom, to a surplus of about 6.8 percent in 2010 and about 5 percent today.

Although China's skewed birth rate means there will be a surplus of about 24 million men in China by 2020, the majority of these bachelors will live in rural areas.

For the current fiscal year, the administration estimated, the government would run a surplus of about $600 million outside Social Security, an almost negligible amount in a $1.9 trillion budget and a $10 trillion economy.

The chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, Stephen C. Goss, estimated that immigrants in the country illegally, some of whom assume fake Social Security numbers to provide cover for employers and themselves, among other reasons, generated a surplus of about $12 billion for the Social Security Trust Fund in 2010.

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Last year, China ran a trade surplus of about $16bn a month.

The proposed system is found to provide a net surplus of about 36 MW h energy over a calendar year, after meeting the in-house requirements.

The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting a record surplus of about $176 billion for the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30.

New York City now expects a budget surplus of about $1.5 billion this year, as revenue from taxes on income and real estate continue to exceed expectations, the Bloomberg administration said yesterday.

The advance to the LHBs means she can claim the NHS had a cash surplus of about £500,000.

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