as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
Initial public offerings were rife in the European beauty space in 2024.
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
Investigators have only just begun looking into the origin of these fires, which started last Tuesday, but conspiracy theories have been rife online.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Accusations of scheduling favoritism were rife during the T20 tournament too.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Following the conclusion of WrestleMania 41, a period traditionally marked by roster changes and new storylines, speculation is rife about which NXT talents will be making the jump to the bigger stage.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
Investigators have only just begun looking into the origin of these fires, which started last Tuesday, but conspiracy theories have been rife online.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Accusations of scheduling favoritism were rife during the T20 tournament too.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Following the conclusion of WrestleMania 41, a period traditionally marked by roster changes and new storylines, speculation is rife about which NXT talents will be making the jump to the bigger stage.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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Theater's highest honor, getting recognized with a nomination typically leads to an influx in box office sales, which new musicals desperately need during the crowded spring season.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Changing ‘so fast’ In China, though, the field is crowded and cutthroat, with competition sparking a fierce, yearslong price war.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Besides using his 12 years as pope to strengthen Catholicism’s at-times fraught relationships with other major religions, Francis also reached out to groups long resigned to pariah status in church circles.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025
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For Carney, the timing is both fortuitous and fraught.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 May 2025
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Eastern quolls were once abundant in southeast Australia.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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And such opportunities are abundant even when resources are scarce.—
Eric Crosby,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Why Vontobel’s Quality Still Belongs In Your Portfolio In a world awash with macro noise and short-term speculation, growth investing with Vontobel offers something increasingly rare: discipline, predictability, and compounding resilience.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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There is only one gun store in the entire country of Mexico, yet America's southern neighbor is awash in violent crimes perpetrated with millions of firearms made in the United States.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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With packed rows of congregants, an evangelical bent and technology that wouldn’t feel out of place at a stadium concert, the Gemstones’ megachurch isn’t far off from the real thing.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Nothing in the opening minutes after halftime could quell the momentum that seemed to get worse by the possession in front of a packed house at Intuit Dome.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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As judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers writes that finance VP Alex Roman’s testimony was ‘replete with misdirection and outright lies’ on the question of ‘when’ Apple decided to impose a 27% commission on outbound transactions.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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The popular neighborhood Toronto bar, inside a brick Victorian building blocks from the University of Toronto’s campus, is replete with billiards tables and a full rack of liquor.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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