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
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
But friends who settled in America urged them to move across the Atlantic, where the training facilities were better and the opportunity for ice time aplenty.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
With an epic Oscar-winning title song by Streisand and tear-jerking scenes aplenty, this film is a perennial favorite and often referred to in pop culture.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
There are stars aplenty in the postseason.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
But friends who settled in America urged them to move across the Atlantic, where the training facilities were better and the opportunity for ice time aplenty.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
While After the Hunt is full of scathing dialogue, snarky asides, and buzzwords aplenty, the final conversation between Alma and Maggie may be its most damning indictment of systems of power.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
With an epic Oscar-winning title song by Streisand and tear-jerking scenes aplenty, this film is a perennial favorite and often referred to in pop culture.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aplenty
Adjective
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Still, Gordon misses the affordable buffets that were once plentiful.—
Jessica Hill,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The menu is plentiful, but the team is constantly updating and adding new services for guests.—
Asonta Benetti,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Connor and Scheifele will score plentifully if anything good happens for the Jets at all this season.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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So having another person in her space was always a little surprising, even if the curator, gazing at her with his usual mix of mild reproach and gauzy concern, seemed not abundantly different from the empty chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Still, over the course of season-ending press conferences the last two days, a combination of comments from Payton, Paton and players have made abundantly clear that Denver intends to take a hard look at its skill-position talent this offseason.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Consuming all of that has provided ample research for me, as well as just being in these fandom communities and seeing the way that people are interacting with this content and interacting with each other.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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There were ample signs Gabbard was a spectacularly bad pick for intelligence chief.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Ohtani is now Tucker’s teammate, as are amply paid stars Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Will Smith, Tyler Glasnow, Freeman and Snell.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Quickly, the miracle occurred—and the engine amply fulfilled the collective dream of the men gathered on the bank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In the last minute 30 second of cooking, add in a generous sprinkling of a melty shredded cheese (like Cheddar or Monterey Jack) and hot sauce, to taste.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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South Carolina doesn’t tax Social Security benefits; there are generous retirement income deductions; and the cost of living across the state is 6 percent lower than the national average.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The more effective strategy is to initially define the right automation for your business, then select packaging engineered to run optimally on that system — taking into account current operational needs as well as future growth.—
Ken Bowles,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Whether those investments are optimally targeted is a legitimate debate.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Aplenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aplenty. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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