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as in abundance
an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs
a superabundance of donations flowed in after the family's plight was seen on national TV
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as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
a superabundance of applicants for a limited number of jobs
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Recent Examples of superabundance
Three grasses—rice, maize, and wheat—account for 90 percent of this superabundance, supplying us with two thirds of food calories.
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Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superabundance
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Because of the riotous abundance of color.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Also flying is the Lunar Trailblazer, a mission selected under NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program, a small satellite designed to provide an understanding of the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the moon, as well as the lunar water cycle.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Over a decade later, the spirit of that push has become a core policy for Johnson, who persuaded aldermen to support a record $1 billion TIF surplus that yielded $572 million for Chicago Public Schools and $233 million for the city.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Those teams have areas of surplus and change-of-scenery candidates.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The plaintiffs are suing Easterseals for damages in excess of $25,000.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Other oil companies paid an excess of $3 million in addition to the crossing fee to accelerate their passage in the face of soaring oil prices.—
Alma Solís,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The groups cited a Vanguard study that found the retirement wealth of nonprofit workers could increase at least $525 million annually if CITs were allowed in 403(b) plans.—
Taylor Millard,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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Jackson is accused of wiring the employee $168,000, and Mayers claims this was another attempt to falsely report his wealth during bankruptcy proceedings.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Superabundance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superabundance. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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