gluts 1 of 3

present tense third-person singular of glut
as in gorges
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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gluts

2 of 3

verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of glut, archaic
as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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gluts

3 of 3

noun

plural of glut

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Noun
  • What regulated actual Southern credit markets, when bondpeople were used as collateral for loans, were surpluses from slave labor, not short-term fluctuations in slave prices.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Are places with smaller gaps or with retirement income surpluses necessarily better places to retire?
    Roxana Popescu, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To some market watchers, Nvidia’s latest deals feel all-too-similar to the excesses of past technology booms.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Best to just give in, dandily living in the game’s excesses; we’re being treated like gods here, left to want for nothing more.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • DeSantis has argued that receipts far outpaced spending, alluding to unnecessary overages.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • During this same period, MCTS' new financial tracking system found evidence of budget overages.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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