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

That means millions are beset by an overabundance of the fight-or-flight response that primes the body for action.

From New York Times

Cleveland’s offense, with its overabundance of playmakers, was supposed to carry the Browns.

From Seattle Times

His father, Wyatt, Gloria’s fourth husband, grew up on a small farm in Mississippi and imbued his talented and able son with a quality not in overabundance among his maternal ancestors: down-to-earthiness.

From Washington Post

West and Cohen attempt to humanize their subject via these documents, but the effect feels cheesy and hollow, in no small part because of the overabundance of material.

From New York Times