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
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Solar power and electrical charging Solar power glut boosts California electric bills.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
Why a big worry still looms A CT city's glut of office space is being converted into apartments.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
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Solar power and electrical charging Solar power glut boosts California electric bills.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Solar power and electrical charging Solar power glut boosts California electric bills.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
Executives on both sides of the bargaining table acknowledge that downward pressure on streaming ad rates — spurred largely by a glut of new inventory coming into the market from Amazon Prime Video and Netflix — won’t be as severe as last year.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
Why a big worry still looms A CT city's glut of office space is being converted into apartments.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
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The investment bank sees a surplus of 1 million bpd this year and 1.5 million bpd in 2026.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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But the portion of the decision that raised the most hackles revised the rules so that new rooftop solar customers would no longer be credited at the retail rate of electricity when their systems generated surplus energy.—
Rob Nikolewski,
Mercury News,
2 June 2025
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But due to high interest rates, lack of lending support and an oversupply of apartments, according to Peebles, construction was moved from this summer to 2026.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
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There are other signals that the rush into electric cars has created oversupply.—
Evelyn Cheng,Bernice Ooi,
CNBC,
5 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
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The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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So these companies are basically backing away in an overabundance of caution.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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In fact, some groups are saying the nice weather contributed to an overabundance of renewable energy causing line congestion and ultimately system instability.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Read More: Lee Jae-myung Aims to Steer South Korea Through Crisis A populist shaped by his years as a labor and human rights lawyer, Lee has long advocated for a stronger state role in redistributing economic gains and curbing the excesses of South Korea’s powerful conglomerates.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
3 June 2025
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But the soft power derived from American culture will not survive the excesses of the U.S. government during the next four years if American democracy continues to erode and the country acts as a bully abroad.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 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
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The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Espinosa, who only assumed leadership of the Japanese automaker in April, faces an uphill battle to change the tide of Nissan's whittled down fortunes.—
Ruxandra Iordache,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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But now, the sight of American airplanes over Manila signaled a shift in the tide of war.—
Jeff Langholz,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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