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as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
a great overflow of water from the heavy rains swept mud and silt down onto the highway
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as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
an overflow of help actually made the job more complicated
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as in to flood
to flow over the brim or top of
while the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table
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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
the swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away
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Recent Examples of overflow
Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Reducing single-use waste helps reduce landfill overflow and conserve valuable resources.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Amazon’s fashion department is already overflowing with breezy fashion — get a head start on a summer closet refresh.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
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Noun
Hundreds of residents crammed into City Hall, filling multiple overflow rooms.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Reducing single-use waste helps reduce landfill overflow and conserve valuable resources.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
Reservations fill weeks in advance, waitlists can stretch outside the door and tables are often overflowing with mimosa glasses.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Amazon’s fashion department is already overflowing with breezy fashion — get a head start on a summer closet refresh.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overflow
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The stadium will need several alterations to accommodate the soccer team, including changes to the field, improvements on the HVAC system, flood and drainage repairs, and other structural fixes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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This campaign cycle, Matsui touts her efforts to secure funding for flood protection, transportation projects and expanding healthcare access.—
Corey Schmidt
May 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Korea sits at the center of the global HBM (high bandwidth memory) and DRAM (dynamic-random access memory) supply chain, not to mention macro tailwinds including a weaker USD, an accommodative Bank or Korea and a record current account surplus.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Chinn and Ito describe a more rotating pattern, with large surpluses appearing at different times in China, Germany, oil exporters, Japan, and other economies.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Designers were clever enough to install a series of waterfalls that spill into the pool to cover up traffic noise from the pool’s location.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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This disaster serves as a cautionary tale and comes as the kingdom is facing further uncertainty caused by the war in Iran, a conflict that has spilled over to other countries in the region.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Last fall, in the aftermath of both events, the two appeared on each other’s shows, using the opportunities to reflect on the chaos engulfing late-night TV.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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The Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, is engulfed in controversy this year.—
Lauren Morganbesser,
semafor.com,
10 May 2026
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All of this only adds to conviction in AI, but also has some investors with long memories likening the current period to the late 1990s when the stock market boomed thanks to internet investment before the bubble eventually burst in 2000.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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Skin is elastic enough to permit significant expansion with bursting.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Still, despite the qualms of the public and politicians, there’s a torrent of capital for building new data centers.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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With each goal, a torrent of emotion was let loose.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Temperatures in excess of 82 degrees Fahrenheit are considered ideal conditions for tropical storm or hurricane development.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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These morality tales, focusing on figures like Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, make an implicit claim that individual avarice somehow explains the excesses of an entire era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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Tame Your Brows Don’t overfill them — just brush them up.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two days later, Gomes Akay was seen dragging a large suitcase that appeared to be overfilled from the hotel.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Overflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overflow. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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