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inundated

[in-uhn-dey-tid, -uhn-] / ˈɪn ənˌdeɪ tɪd, -ʌn- /
ADJECTIVE
awash
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Banks are now so inundated with reserves that they barely borrow from each other in the interbank market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The family’s attorney, Robert Glassman, said that, since taking on the case, his firm, Panish Shea Ravipudi, has been inundated with calls about bullying at LAUSD.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

When Choudhury posts about which dinosaurs his followers want to see in the film, his replies are quickly inundated with scientific renderings of all kinds of giant beasts.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Even with the uncertainty in this case, Eddings tells me, she has been inundated with queries from other educators interested in starting their own cold-case classes across the country.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Boston was inundated with British soldiers, and now every third person one met in the street wore the handsome uniform of King George the Third.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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