as in abundant
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city abounding with inviting parks it's a new field abounding in job opportunities
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Recent Examples of abounding
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
For all the tactical eruditeness and abounding energy, Bologna were their own worst enemies.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Researchers have highlighted how many white-collar industries have been hit with an epidemic of ‘workslop’, with unauthorized AI use abounding in industries like IT and professional services in particular.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
15 Mar. 2026
Most Big Tech companies have reported this earnings season — with market jitters abounding — but the world's most valuable company is still to come.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
Along with the small-town cliche of secrets abounding, there are fresh touches that add whimsy to this story of two families entwined through times of peace and war.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
Zhao’s first three features were steeped in documentary realism, shot with a sturdy, windswept lyricism and abounding in nonprofessional actors.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
On the far right side, a giant elliptical galaxy appears to have a stream that connects it to a group of galaxies that exhibit spiral and disk-like features, with stellar streams abounding in that galaxy group or cluster.
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Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Tallulah Gorge State Park Along the border between Georgia and South Carolina sits Tallulah Falls, a small town abounding in natural blessings.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
For all the tactical eruditeness and abounding energy, Bologna were their own worst enemies.
—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Researchers have highlighted how many white-collar industries have been hit with an epidemic of ‘workslop’, with unauthorized AI use abounding in industries like IT and professional services in particular.
—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
15 Mar. 2026
Most Big Tech companies have reported this earnings season — with market jitters abounding — but the world's most valuable company is still to come.
—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
Along with the small-town cliche of secrets abounding, there are fresh touches that add whimsy to this story of two families entwined through times of peace and war.
—
The Know,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
Zhao’s first three features were steeped in documentary realism, shot with a sturdy, windswept lyricism and abounding in nonprofessional actors.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
On the far right side, a giant elliptical galaxy appears to have a stream that connects it to a group of galaxies that exhibit spiral and disk-like features, with stellar streams abounding in that galaxy group or cluster.
—
Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abounding
Adjective
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Cheap, abundant labor is exactly the condition under which a company most needs a grown-up in the room to decide what all that fast output should add up to.
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English colonists from Barbados and Bermuda settled in the region during that time, bringing with them enslaved Africans with their own abundant culinary heritage.
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Join hundreds of boats and hundreds more tourists on the riverwalk to catch the bombs bursting in air.
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The Kings’ defense corps was once its bedrock, bursting with depth, quality and the ability to convert a home-plate mentality into counterattacking opportunities.
Adjective
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The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.
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The new system allows citations to be transmitted electronically and enter the court records system pre-filled.
Verb
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Vic makes some baffling choices here, buzzing in twice on the first word in the series without hearing the rest, and getting eliminated from multiple rounds five seconds in.
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Between record-setting parades, military flyovers, and fireworks on the National Mall, the district will be buzzing on Independence Day.
Adjective
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While alcohol, crowded waterways and heavy holiday traffic all contribute to an increase in emergency calls, fireworks generate the largest share of responses, according to authorities.
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Your personal life could feel crowded, unpredictable and emotionally overwhelming, Scorpio.
Verb
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Three centuries later, the librarians of Alexandria took charge of the text, collating competing versions, marking doubtful lines, imposing a measure of order on the teeming verses.
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Of course, that won’t stop orange-and-blue-blooded Knicks fans from teeming into the area near the team’s Manhattan arena to watch on bar TVs and big screens as their team — playing 1,580 miles (2,545 kilometers) away in San Antonio — looks to clinch its first title in 53 years.
Adjective
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Trump has repeatedly called for this prohibition, falsely claiming that mail-in voting is rife with fraud.
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Isakov spoke of the pain his parents had endured, his nine siblings having died young in the 1930s and 1940s, when poverty and disease were rife across the region.
Verb
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Betts was locked in with Rushing, brimming with confidence, cheering him on.
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But this Pacific Northwest locale is brimming with charming small towns also worth exploring.
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“Abounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abounding. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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