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as in immoderation
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as in wastefulness
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Recent Examples of overindulgence
The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it.
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Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Just be mindful of overindulgence.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
While these medications may curb overindulgence, STZ’s premium focus and diversified portfolio provide a buffer against significant disruption.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Wood symbolizes imagination and creativity, while the snake symbolizes a favorable year with opportunities and to avoid overindulgence.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Just be mindful of overindulgence.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
While these medications may curb overindulgence, STZ’s premium focus and diversified portfolio provide a buffer against significant disruption.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Wood symbolizes imagination and creativity, while the snake symbolizes a favorable year with opportunities and to avoid overindulgence.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overindulgence
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Rather, the term has come to stand for a range of attributes—intemperance, ordinariness, outsiderness, likability, spontaneity—that aren’t especially related philosophically, either to authenticity or to one another.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 June 2026
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The power to issue absolute pardons, explicitly stipulated in the founding document, has been exploited with bipartisan intemperance.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Sure enough, Spurs’ wastefulness was punished.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Gabriel also acknowledged lawmakers’ responsibility to oversee state spending seriously as well, and would be scrutinizing government programs for wastefulness.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Such gluttony now has been outlawed by the new rules put into place last week.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2026
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At a deeper level, this is a gluttony issue.—
Maggie Anders,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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Control was wrested back towards the end of the period, a sign of better things to come, even if that profligacy that has dogged them so much reared once again in stoppage time at the end of the half.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The researchers’ examples of those immediate desires include activities such as smoking, overeating, and going to the movies instead of completing a report for work.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Also, go easy on carbonated drinks before boarding and avoid overeating, which raises your odds of indigestion.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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These cooling elements provide an additional heat dissipation pathway from the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) package.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Sunburn makes heat dissipation much more difficult.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
18 May 2026
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Stylish excesses are dialed back as cleaner camerawork, steadier editing and Farrell’s tender narration let the character breathe, blending sci-fi curiosity with classic detective-story stakes.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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And some creators, like Yeezy, see their right to print guns as an essential bulwark against the darkest excesses of America’s current government.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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There's no time for any sort of self-indulgence.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Work that prioritizes the photographer’s visual brand over the authentic emotional content of the day is ultimately a form of self-indulgence.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Overindulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overindulgence. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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