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
Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 June 2025
There remains a glut of open questions about prime numbers, many of which are long-standing.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
After a production boom in recent years that had some industry insiders fretting about an unsustainable glut of content, the Serbian TV biz appears to be headed for a course correction, with local producers and commissioners pointing toward a shift in emphasis from quantity to quality.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 June 2025
There remains a glut of open questions about prime numbers, many of which are long-standing.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
Noun
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
The firm expects to see rent growth pick back up eventually, but says the supply glut needs to work itself out first.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
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An earlier regulation that introduced import quotas faced criticism and revisions for blurring the line between essential supply chain items and surplus imports.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
14 July 2025
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Non-distillers like KBD and Preservation followed suit, bottling well-aged surplus stocks for markets that wanted old American whiskey.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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That’s because project delays and sanctions have the potential to decrease any anticipated level of oversupply.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Recession fears and oversupply concerns fueled the slide in oil prices, with OPEC+ agreeing to boost production by 410,000 barrels per day in June .—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Panthers general manager Bob Clarke, president Bill Torrey and coach Roger Neilson knew there wouldn’t be a surfeit of offensive talent in the expansion draft.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
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Image Image In cities across the country, more office buildings have been turned into housing, as officials clamor to solve for the mismatch between a surfeit of outdated office buildings and a lack of housing.—
Ellen Rosen,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The downside there is that if the infinite Einsteins are acting like lemmings, this seems to increase the chances of any mistakes being given an overabundance of confidence.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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So these companies are basically backing away in an overabundance of caution.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
Noun
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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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After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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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
Noun
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This may be the last, best window for pro-innovation crypto rules before a future political realignment shifts the tides.—
Jason Brett,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Now that viewers have had a chance to see Hyun-ju’s two-season arc, the tide has turned around his casting.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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