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
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Magnus Resch, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Intel Intel has launched a glut of new Core and Core Ultra processors—a total of eight different series across three major product lines—along with some minor upgrades to existing chips.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Verb
In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Noun
This glut of art entering the market, combined with evolving tastes, spells further trouble for second-tier works.
—Magnus Resch, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Intel Intel has launched a glut of new Core and Core Ultra processors—a total of eight different series across three major product lines—along with some minor upgrades to existing chips.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
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The province generates enough power to sell its surplus to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota, providing light to about 1.5 million U.S. homes and businesses.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The example captured in Kursk might be the 81st. Worse for the Ukrainians, no more Bradleys are coming unless the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump pledges additional copies from U.S. Army surplus.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The global steel market is contending with weak demand and oversupply, putting downward pressure on steel prices.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The tariffs, coupled with an oversupply of Chinese steel and a downturn in South Korea’s construction sector, have put the steel manufacturer under pressure since the start of the year, The Korean Herald reported last week.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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These new forms of rational approach to the natural world created a surfeit of information often conveyed through equally new modes of visual address.—
Red Cameron,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2025
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Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 Dec. 2024
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In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, fruit trees that have been neglected have an overabundance of branches and produce fruit that is small, misshapen, and mediocre flavor.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In reaction to the excesses and ideological overreach of the Left, a meaningful portion of the Right will embrace figures deemed sufficiently anti-elite, anti-globalist, and anti-woke — regardless of the evidence against their character or integrity.—
Liam Siegler,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
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If shutdowns and debt ceiling clashes aren’t tools to curb federal excess, what else is?—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Not business as usual The transition team has been grappling with an agency that has a superfluity of field centers—ten spread across the United States, as well as a formal headquarters in Washington, DC—and large, slow-moving programs that cost a lot of money and have been slow to deliver results.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Dec. 2024
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That shifting of tides can feel unsettling for team members without clear communication.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Changed by the tides of history, the streets are unrecognizable.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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