overabundance

Example Sentences

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Childhood - The first period is when the brain is rapidly increasing in size but also thinning out the overabundance of connections between brain cells, called synapses, created at the start of life.

From BBC

Much of this has to do with an overabundance of television.

From Salon

Oddly small rooms, spots of asbestos, an overabundance of bunk beds but no true entrance: not as much.

From Seattle Times

Maybe that’s because the whole production feels so attuned to the gender politics and protests of today, so aware of possible critiques that it takes on its subject with an overabundance of caution.

From New York Times

“It is more to do with personality — specifically a lack of humility and an overabundance of unfounded self-confidence. These are lifelong traits for some of our leaders.”

From Washington Post