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Discover Ludwig"is surplus to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something is unnecessary or unneeded. For example, "This extra material is surplus to our needs, so let's discard it."
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A lot you take for granted is surplus to requirements.
Public sector land which is surplus to requirements will also be brought into the scheme.
Now, the council argues that Tamworth is surplus to requirements because occupancy rates have fallen.
Sadly, the building is surplus to the congregation's requirements and as such is being sold.
To a dance-accustomed audience this is surplus to requirement, weighing heavily on the imaginative leaps of the choreography.
The visitors' hopes are bolstered by the return of Olly Barkley who is surplus to England's requirements.
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"My bedroom was surplus to its requirements.
And he's not alone in being surplus to requirements.
(Usually these are surplus to requirements for in vitro fertilisation).
Those particular voices were surplus to requirements, somehow, having no natural demographic within the household.
The advert's creators clearly felt a head was surplus to requirements.
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