as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way
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Recent Examples of surfeit
Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
The surfeit of interested workers has not alleviated the labor shortage.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
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Noun
However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
The surfeit of interested workers has not alleviated the labor shortage.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
As a theater critic surfeited with plays, radio dramas worked best for me as an unplanned diversion in my car.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfeit
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
Verb
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And while May is also a busy month for ESPN and TNT, which in late spring are glutted with live NBA and NHL playoff games, cable as a whole accounted for less than a quarter (24.1%) of all consumption last month.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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The risotto was impeccably cooked, each grain a plump oval glutted with crab stock and a compound butter infused with ginger, shallot Thai chile and tomato.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 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
Verb
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And the mice who'd come off the low-fat diet to gorge on high-sugar and high-fat foods were, unlike humans, probably not thinking about potential weight gain.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 July 2025
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Trump’s idea of the presidency seems to start with the premise that the entire country is his to gorge on, as the capo di tutti capi, or boss of all bosses.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Your next outdoor bash or beachside hang deserves some attention to the cookware and coolers you’re bound up grilling with and using to stuff to the brim with ice and beverages.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
11 July 2025
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The family moved from Temecula to Point Loma in December and most of the rings are still stuffed in boxes, sitting in the garage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Luckily, Arby’s is testing a new menu item that just might help sate your barbecue cravings, no barbecue required.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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There will be lunches and dinners for $20 or less, and three-course dinners priced at $40 and $60 will be sating appetites during the week.—
Jared Mccallister,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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“Surfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfeit. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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