surfeit
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As a businesswoman, a single mother and a highly sensitive human, Moore made it through life thanks to a surfeit of loving kindness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Any study of wars, poverty and other manmade crises shows us that humanity still suffers from a lack of empathy, not a surfeit.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025
The surfeit of description can scarcely conceal the deficit of insight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
The beauty industry is currently in a protracted slump that’s been attributed to everything from post-pandemic skincare fatigue to a surfeit of choice that makes brand loyalty a thing of the past.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2025
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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