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as in immoderation
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as in wastefulness
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Recent Examples of overindulgence
In February 2024, astronomers discovered a distant black hole that is the master of overindulgence.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
As Christmas 2024 rolls over to New Year 2025, many of us will turn our minds to diets to offset the effects of our annual period of overindulgence.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Thanksgiving without overindulgence might seem a bit alien to people.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
In theory, Sure Shot allows users to feel better faster and continue their night without the usual effects of overindulgence.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
As Christmas 2024 rolls over to New Year 2025, many of us will turn our minds to diets to offset the effects of our annual period of overindulgence.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Thanksgiving without overindulgence might seem a bit alien to people.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
In theory, Sure Shot allows users to feel better faster and continue their night without the usual effects of overindulgence.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for overindulgence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overindulgence
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Over a career that made headlines for landmark victories such as a six-figure judgment, later reversed, against LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, Yagman also became notorious for intemperance, most pointedly evidenced by his brutal characterization of a federal judge.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2021
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In a situation that forbids explicit expressions of intemperance or protest, mischief is the perfect solution.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 June 2022
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The United States can sustain the eye-popping profligacy of its national debt only because investors consider the U.S. dollar to be a safe haven.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Modern Paris is an elegant monument to Haussmann’s profligacy; he was fired for spending stupefying sums of public money to force it up like winter tulips.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Rules for the spectacle of gluttony and patriotism are simple: Contestants have 10 minutes to eat as many Nathan’s Famous hot dogs as humanly possible.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2025
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Even though diet culture often frames snacking as a negative—an unbridled act of gluttony at best, and a sign of moral weakness at worst—reaching for an edible pick-me-up when the hunger pangs hit is the most natural thing in the world.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
6 June 2025
Noun
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These cells have a smaller diameter—which makes heat dissipation quicker and allows for Mercedes engineers to use direct-cell cooling technology.—
Chad Kirchner,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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Researchers could calculate filling any convex shape with warm gas and carefully observe the heat’s dissipation according to physical laws.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
5 June 2025
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Her book, like her performances, lives in the productive tension between discipline and excess.—
Matthew Clark Davison,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Once considered a watchdog for the excesses of union leadership, the Teamsters for a Democratic Union mostly now follows O’Brien.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Pushing past that risks delving deeper into self-indulgence, and, like Carmy himself, veering into the trap of staying too long out of compulsion rather than purpose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 June 2025
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The level of artistic self-indulgence on display is impressive.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Just below the altar, the cinerary casket was banked by a glorious profusion of sweet peas, Reinaldo’s favorite flowers.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025
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However, Rosenbaum argues, a profusion of biographies and publications focused on Bloomsbury since the 1960s is proof of ongoing curiosity about the phenomenon and the people involved in it.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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“Overindulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overindulgence. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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