as in stuffed
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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as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men
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Recent Examples of glutted
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
The Beach is glutted with souvenir shops and rental car outlets, the study found, but lacks auto and household supply stores, bookstores and service stations.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
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Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
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Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.
—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
The Beach is glutted with souvenir shops and rental car outlets, the study found, but lacks auto and household supply stores, bookstores and service stations.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutted
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But the plot feels overstuffed, the character development rushed, and the themes recycled.
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Nothing ruins the start of a weekend away faster than wrestling with an overstuffed bag.
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The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent.
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This means selling off many of the securities the Fed gorged on in a stair-step of crises over the last 18 years.
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Artists Equity By the time Dunkin’ unveiled Carpenter’s Brown Sugar Shakin’ Espresso, more than 10 million users had already devoured the Instagram and TikTok teaser videos.
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Among the novel's many fans is The Five Star Weekend series creator and showrunner Bekah Brunstetter, who devoured Hilderbrand's book in one day when producers Ali Krug and Sue Naegle sent it to her shortly after the writers' strike ended in 2023.
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Pelé, Brazil’s greatest soccer hero, learned the game with a ball that his father made out of a sock stuffed with rags.
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It can be used as a super-soft full-sized blanket, or as a travel pillow when stuffed back into its carrying case.
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.
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The players inhaled all the enthusiasm and channeled it.
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That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
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Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
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The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
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“Glutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutted. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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