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surfeit

[sur-fit] / ˈsɜr fɪt /




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There's not exactly a surfeit of available and convincing candidates and Clarke is a proven operator who has become a serial qualifier for major tournaments.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“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

It would have been easy to collect a surfeit of recent creations that speak to tech’s promises and perils.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Colleges are graduating a surfeit of young people who lack hard or even soft skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 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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