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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He is credited with the key leadership role in creating Palm Springs’ Measure J, a 1% sales tax increase that helped to fund a $200 million downtown revitalization program and providing a surplus of $12 million per year to rebuild the city’s infrastructure.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The bigger risk is OPEC+ deciding to reinstate supply cuts, given concerns about a surplus.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
2 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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Showers, storms and an abundance of clouds will largely keep temperatures on the cooler side of normal by a couple degrees, said the center.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Sep. 2025
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These sparkling algal blooms are a natural phenomenon, but their abundance and length have increased rapidly since the 1990s, Pensak said.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Overabundance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overabundance. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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