glut
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6.8
- noun
- /ɡlʌt/
:
exceso
- A glut of low-cost rental apartments has made it difficult for landlords to increase rents.
- oil glut
- gas glut
- supply glut
So that's also helped lead to some form of a glut in lithium.
- So that's also helped lead to some form of a glut in lithium.
- Whereas today you just you have this absolute glut of opportunities.
- What's interesting is that even at the time of Pearl Harbor, we had a glut of information.
- And so one of the places where we're at, Tom, is that that new glut of supply is slowing down.
- After I highlighted what I saw as a growing problem, a glut of channels with click bait and spam AI generated stolen content flooding your watch pages.
- See, early on the self fulfilling people get on that bandwagon and then and then sure enough, you know, that's also the glut takes place after the shortage.
- Is it a glut B avowed, C detriment D congested or E venerate defeat?
Examples
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Harvesting during a peak period from mid-August through mid-September created an annual glut that drove down prices.
Academic text (2009) -
Population demographics indicate a glut of elderly people afflicted with certain diseases and too few facilities to care for them.
Fiction book (2000) -
The one thing that there is a glut of is data.
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So we have a huge glut, a huge need for housing, but it costs a lot.
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In other words, a glut of battery supply is sort of building up.
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"Farmers are struggling with a glut in world markets.
Academic text (1999) -
Some bemoan the glut of project books that now get a lot of attention in the poetry publishing world.
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Since the mid-1990s, the gasoline glut has been shipped to the United States.
Academic text (2004) -
The sudden glut of oranges caused the prices to drop significantly.
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Due to the glut of used cars in the market, many dealers are offering steep discounts.
Synonyms
4
4.5
Too much of something like goods or houses that makes prices fall
4
8.8
Too much of something that causes discomfort or dislike
There are more products or shops than customers, causing low sales
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Etymology
A glut has the same root as glutton and uses the image of 'filling' or 'swallowing' too much. That's why a glut of goods means an extra supply that pushes prices down.