as in plentiful
being more than enough without being excessive
there will be food and drink aplenty, so please come
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Recent Examples of aplenty
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Roster needs are aplenty after a first-round playoff debacle in April.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Bridget Mills-Powell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
Blood flows profusely, too, in her raucous teenage writings or Juvenilia, with its comic murder scenes featuring gore aplenty.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Ecuador had shots aplenty in the second half, but most came from dead balls, pot shots and moments of chaos in the Curacao box.
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Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Roster needs are aplenty after a first-round playoff debacle in April.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Adverb
Hotel at home Get the look of Crafted at Powdermill’s interiors with bold prints, crafty ceramics, and coffee-table books aplenty.
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Bridget Mills-Powell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
Blood flows profusely, too, in her raucous teenage writings or Juvenilia, with its comic murder scenes featuring gore aplenty.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aplenty
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Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available, USB-C ports are plentiful, and Nissan has managed to maintain a mostly intuitive user experience.
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While some beaches remain wide and sand is plentiful, other beaches need human help — and when beach nourishment projects don’t happen, impacts become apparent.
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Celebrate this Earth Day by indulging in the fruits, vegetables, fungi and legumes the region plentifully provides at these capital region eateries.
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Almost one year ago, the Saudis stunned crude traders by rapidly restarting production that had been halted since 2023, ignoring widespread warnings that global oil markets were already plentifully supplied.
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Eleven full bathrooms and grand open living spaces—from a great room to a recreation room—offer ample room for both large gatherings and casual everyday living.
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There’s ample seating throughout the 4,500-square-foot space, starting with the bar and lounge area that features classic leather stools along the bar and a separate comfortable set up of couches and coffee tables in a dark green room.
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Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson made that abundantly clear throughout the team’s offseason program, driving it home for players that a demanding camp in July and August will set up as a proving ground for roles to be carved out and for starting jobs to be won.
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Randy Fink spent much of the 2010s in Atlanta, at a time when money abundantly flowed to finance new office buildings, warehouses and mixed-use districts throughout the region.
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Natural materials, generous outdoor space and, above all, privacy and security are the new markers of wealth.
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Now, Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton present a stark choice to voters in the race to be the next governor at a moment when public support for the state’s generous safety net is starting to fray.
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My own otterhound, Fiona, amply embodied this trait.
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The fight amply displayed both boxers’ dexterity, in offense and defense, with both taking nice swings as well as jabs, but a lot simply failed to land.
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Real Trading challenges the prevailing belief that markets can function optimally without human involvement, arguing instead that human judgment remains essential to maintaining stability, transparency, and trust.
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Using insights from number theory, including Jacobi’s two-square theorem, Erdős was able to show that an optimally sized circle will enable the number of unit-distance pairs to grow faster than the number of points, but only barely.
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“Aplenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aplenty. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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