as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity
prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill
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Recent Examples of glut
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
But Distilling Solutions saw the real downturn, with sales down nearly 50 percent—possibly a sign of a real whiskey glut or brands turning to other sources as mentioned above.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
If nothing else, the [faintly] perceptible downturn in flight from the bundle suggests that an inviolate core of some 30 million to 35 million sports enthusiasts may remain locked into the bundle when the last of the general-interest crowd has ditched pay-TV for the sprawling glut of streaming.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
But Distilling Solutions saw the real downturn, with sales down nearly 50 percent—possibly a sign of a real whiskey glut or brands turning to other sources as mentioned above.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
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Worse, most individuals who want to set prices have biases that will guarantee resulting errors, creating shortages (think apartments in New York City) or surpluses (think U.S. government warehouses of cheese in the 1980s).—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Because of statutory and constitutional requirements, those totals put Beacon Hill in a position to stash more money into reserves, and set up another sizable surtax surplus that lawmakers will get to dole out to education and transportation investments.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An oversupply of domestic flights also drove down airfare in recent years, prompting the industry to cut back capacity, and the trend was especially punishing for U.S.-focused carriers.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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While oversupply does exist, demand is also dropping faster because of AI efficiencies.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lali is cheerful and spry, with a surfeit of energy—sprinting for no reason, flourishing her movements, meowing ten times in a row.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Ross gets away with such a surfeit of sentiment precisely because of his naturally caustic inclinations; the jokes are sharp enough and the laughs are hard and plentiful enough that all of the schmaltz feels not just charming but well-earned.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The lack of a consistent narrative flow was also partly due to the overabundance of various advantages and twists at play.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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Particularly in complex urban environments where there is an overabundance of unpredictability and weird street grids.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, the Rolls-Royce Corniche had become a global symbol of sumptuous indulgence and unbridled excess; the automotive equivalent of lighting a Cuban cigar with a hundred-dollar bill.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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Once seen as an impressive point of national pride, the excess of these designs and the earlier Rococo style became a symbol of a corrupt ruling class that served solely its own interests.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 6,500-square-foot three-story contemporary is minimalist in decor but teeming with superfluities, including an elevator, a first-floor gym, a screening room, an infrared sauna and a master-bedroom walk-in closet bigger (and tidier) than my SoHo apartment.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
29 July 2025
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After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Google is going to lift the tide once more on artificial intelligence.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, new Gallup polling shows the tide could be turning for the president.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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