overabundant

Example Sentences

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In contrast to societal views that gulls are overabundant, gull populations are declining in parts of America, Canada and the U.K.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

Interspersed with the overabundant slam-bang action sequences which up the silliness factor with their increasing improbability are heartfelt paeans to the bracing solidarity of Jaime’s family.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

In theory, reintroducing proxy thylacines could help restore balance to Tasmania’s remaining forests by picking off sick or weak animals and controlling overabundant herbivores such as wallabies and kangaroos, some researchers say.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022

“If you introduce hunting localized wild turkeys, you reduce the problem with overabundant turkeys right away,” Hatfield said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

There is an almost unbearable pain needling my fingers as a result of these overabundant scribblings.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole