Sentence examples for items surplus from inspiring English sources

Liquidity Services says most manufacturers, retailers and governmental agencies focus on procurement of new goods, but pay little attention to the "reverse supply chain"–the sale of returned products, overstock items, surplus material and what it delicately calls "end of life" goods, or what others might call junk.

But spokeswoman Colleen Hartfield said the school's president, Dr. Clyde Muse, plans to declare the items as surplus and have them "disposed of according to legal means".

Within the executive branch, the Pentagon in principle has to obtain State Department iclearance for the disposal abroad of any major item of surplus equipment.

Motorola, for example, holds monthly auctions on eBay for refurbished cellphones and other surplus items.

It is not uncommon for city agencies to sell off surplus items at marked-up prices.

The city got the AR-15 rifles from the Department of Defense for free as military surplus items.

More than 10,000 surplus items were for sale from Enron, which is continuing to operate under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The state also sells surplus items like traffic lights, street signs and old furniture from libraries and offices.

The two big problems -- prescription drugs and the uninsured -- are big ticket items, and the surplus is gone".

The blue stamps could only be used for items designated as surplus — typically, eggs, butter, beans and citrus fruits.

Because Build It Green is a nonprofit retail outlet for salvaged and surplus items, the selection varies.