surfeit

Example Sentences

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“What happened to the peace dividend?” economist Augusto Lopez-Claros asked last year, referring to the supposed surfeit of funds that was to flow after the end of the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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 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

Producers resorted to filling ocean tankers with the sudden surfeit, and it took about a year for prices to climb back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 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