as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way
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Recent Examples of surfeit
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Lali is cheerful and spry, with a surfeit of energy—sprinting for no reason, flourishing her movements, meowing ten times in a row.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
But the younger people making theater now are drawn to it now because they’ve been surfeited with digital culture.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Maybe the nuns could be transformed into spa therapists at a wellness retreat and the toxin explained away as a surfeit of matcha.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Lali is cheerful and spry, with a surfeit of energy—sprinting for no reason, flourishing her movements, meowing ten times in a row.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
As a theater critic surfeited with plays, radio dramas worked best for me as an unplanned diversion in my car.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
But the younger people making theater now are drawn to it now because they’ve been surfeited with digital culture.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfeit
Noun
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Here’s where the surplus rule comes in.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2026
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If the Cubs are interested in leveraging their infield surplus to address another need on the roster, Hoerner would certainly attract some compelling offers.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
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The International Energy Agency and other industry experts forecast a supply glut next year, which has been a drag on prices.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Bureaucratic excesses and multi-purpose policies cannot burden it, as was the case with the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Foamy or Frothy Urine Proteinuria, an excess of protein in the urine, is the second most common symptom of IgA nephropathy after blood in the urine.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And all those who find the Dodgers’ gorging offensive also tend to overlook that their spending provides real benefits as well.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Even the hospitality of sending food home with them was taken away from me, as their refrigerator and freezer was stuffed from their prior parties.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Friday’s release has not come close to sating that appetite.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
20 Dec. 2025
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Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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