overabundant

Example Sentences

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The discovery comes at a time when overabundant purple urchins have decimated entire forests along the Pacific Coast.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting his decision to use some of this year’s overabundant rain to recharge groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

In theory, reintroducing proxy thylacines could help restore balance to Tasmania’s remaining forests by picking off sick or weak animals and controlling overabundant herbivores such as wallabies and kangaroos, some researchers say.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022

“If you introduce hunting localized wild turkeys, you reduce the problem with overabundant turkeys right away,” Hatfield said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

There is an almost unbearable pain needling my fingers as a result of these overabundant scribblings.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole