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
As the international relations scholar Christopher Sabatini has shown, this overabundance of regional organizations has encouraged national sovereignty at the expense of the collective values articulated in the charter.
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Ryan C. Berg, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2021
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, 12 Dec. 2024
In architecture, part and parcel of the overabundance of image sources is the deterioration of the notion that architectural solutions ought to simply be local, growing from place.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
That said, your more personal connections could suffer at the moment due to the overabundance of newfound popularity or work to be done.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
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Ryan C. Berg, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2021
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, 12 Dec. 2024
In architecture, part and parcel of the overabundance of image sources is the deterioration of the notion that architectural solutions ought to simply be local, growing from place.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
That said, your more personal connections could suffer at the moment due to the overabundance of newfound popularity or work to be done.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overabundance
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For example, one couple who would have faced a retirement funding shortfall when they had been affected by the WEP and GPO may now have a lifetime surplus of more than $300,000 once those offsets are eliminated, according to MassMutual's computer models.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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Luckily, Lovehoney has made all the possibilities more reachable by discounting a surplus of devices ahead of February 14 by up to 70 percent off.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
15 Jan. 2025
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The timing makes sense: After a holiday season filled with cocktail parties and not-so-healthy meals, the idea of cleansing the body of excess seems attractive.—
Vicky Vera,
Glamour,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Magnificent Seven companies reporting in the week ahead could unlock the next leg of the rally, as investors bet that earnings growth fueled by artificial intelligence could power a market some worry has gone to excess.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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Hubble observations of the galaxy’s age, mass of stars and heavy-element abundance would help researchers test competing models of galaxy evolution that predict distinct signatures across the two halves of the disk.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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With its close proximity to the Russian mainland (400 miles), its abundance of natural resources, and its strategic location at the gateway to the North Atlantic, the set of Islands were critical to Moscow’s economic and defense interests.—
James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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