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as in plenty
an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs
a biology textbook that is helpfully illustrated with a plethora of excellent illustrations
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as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
the author offers a plethora of detail that tends to overwhelm the reader
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Recent Examples of plethora
In June, the Jazz Aspen Snowmass festival takes over the town with a plethora of events at indoor and outdoor venues, before its sister festival, JAS Labor Day Experience, pops up with a more traditional main stage festival experience in the fall.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
The decade provides a plethora of fun and easy costume ideas to recreate.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
For those who would rather lounge, powder blue umbrellas and seagreen chaise lounges line the perimeter of the pool, and there are a plethora of spots steps away on the beach.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Library's Makerspace helps people create podcasts and more MPL has makerspaces at three other locations with a plethora of equipment available, like 3D printers, kitchen spaces, recording equipment, cameras and other tools to help create.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
The decade provides a plethora of fun and easy costume ideas to recreate.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
For those who would rather lounge, powder blue umbrellas and seagreen chaise lounges line the perimeter of the pool, and there are a plethora of spots steps away on the beach.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Library's Makerspace helps people create podcasts and more MPL has makerspaces at three other locations with a plethora of equipment available, like 3D printers, kitchen spaces, recording equipment, cameras and other tools to help create.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plethora
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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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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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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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That kind of philanthropy is unusual in an age when many billionaires flaunt their wealth with mega-yachts and Wall Street firms work to extract profits from their investments.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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This will lead to market meltdowns and cascading economic hardship as global wealth implodes.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Plethora.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plethora. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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