as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
an overabundance of desserts at a potluck dinner
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Recent Examples of overabundance
Zucchini overabundance is a common predicament for home gardeners.
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Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
The lack of a consistent narrative flow was also partly due to the overabundance of various advantages and twists at play.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Media executives and their advisers have been saying for years that the industry needs a drastic overhaul to address its new reality: an overabundance of streaming options and the decline of the legacy cable industry.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Although aimed at improving engagement, an overabundance of irrelevant messages leads to diminished interest and wastage of valuable resources.
—Harshit Jain, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
The lack of a consistent narrative flow was also partly due to the overabundance of various advantages and twists at play.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Media executives and their advisers have been saying for years that the industry needs a drastic overhaul to address its new reality: an overabundance of streaming options and the decline of the legacy cable industry.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Although aimed at improving engagement, an overabundance of irrelevant messages leads to diminished interest and wastage of valuable resources.
—Harshit Jain, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overabundance
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Abiy has said the dam will improve access to electricity for the almost half the population who had none as recently as 2022, and export the surplus to the region.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is even a world in which Winnipeg’s best play is to forget about its surplus of veteran defencemen, giving Salomonsson third-pairing minutes as soon as this season.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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An excess of dry fuels and vegetation is compounded by fire weather conditions that are becoming more common year-round.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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An optimal management portfolio integrates systems thinking for ecosystemic coherence, exponential thinking for strategic foresight, abundance thinking for post-scarcity paradigms and design thinking for human-centric innovation.—
Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Still, while there's not an abundance of precedents, Bespoke Investment Group reminds us that in the past when the Fed has cut rates after a long pause with equity indexes near a record, the forward-looking stock returns have been better-than-average.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Overabundance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overabundance. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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