as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity
prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill
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Recent Examples of glut
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Magnus Resch, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Intel Intel has launched a glut of new Core and Core Ultra processors—a total of eight different series across three major product lines—along with some minor upgrades to existing chips.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Verb
In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Noun
This glut of art entering the market, combined with evolving tastes, spells further trouble for second-tier works.
—Magnus Resch, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Intel Intel has launched a glut of new Core and Core Ultra processors—a total of eight different series across three major product lines—along with some minor upgrades to existing chips.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
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That, and the surplus of mentors who played for Dad before him.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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During the Legislature’s budget session in 2023, Minnesota was working with an $18 billion surplus and approved a budget of $72 billion, a jump from the previous $52 billion budget.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2025
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The global steel market is contending with weak demand and oversupply, putting downward pressure on steel prices.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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On March 1, the president signed an executive order calling for the launch of an investigation into Canadian companies potentially dumping their oversupply of lumber into the U.S. market.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Reacher’s having to be the one to warn Kohl that the two of them being seen together in a social setting could imperil her career is typical of the series’ surfeit of Reacher worship, even allowing for the fact that the show is called Reacher.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Christy Turlington, looking serene in gray cashmere trousers, and with a surfeit of bling lighting up her turtleneck, closes the show.—
Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, fruit trees that have been neglected have an overabundance of branches and produce fruit that is small, misshapen, and mediocre flavor.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
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Photographed memorably on Gisele Bündchen by Nick Knight, the collection became emblematic of early-aughts excess and the bold, if controversial, cultural mashups of John Galliano’s Dior reign.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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This excess leads to various plumbing and health problems, including mineral deposits on plumbing fixtures, restricted water flow through pipes, dry skin and hair, and prematurely faded clothing and other laundry items.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Following the action on television and feel the tide is about to turn in the favor of one side?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Related article Kennedy downplays immunity from vaccination as measles outbreak grows The challenge for Kennedy is not just responding to this particular outbreak but reversing the tide of vaccine skepticism that has grown, in part, because of his own past activism.—
Dr. Jerome Adams,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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