as in plentiful
being more than enough without being excessive
there will be food and drink aplenty, so please come
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Recent Examples of aplenty
Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The ‘top’ clubs get plenty of eyeballs but in football, where money is involved, there are stories aplenty.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Our sun undergoes an 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, rising from solar minimum when there are hardly any sunspots visible, to solar maximum when there are sunspots, prominences, coronal mass ejections and flares aplenty.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Critical minerals and rare earth elements are aplenty, but they are concentrated in only a few regions—North America, South America and China.
—Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The ‘top’ clubs get plenty of eyeballs but in football, where money is involved, there are stories aplenty.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Adverb
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: There's crying aplenty here, from folks saying farewell to loved ones or that oversized can of saline spray verboten by TSA.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Our sun undergoes an 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, rising from solar minimum when there are hardly any sunspots visible, to solar maximum when there are sunspots, prominences, coronal mass ejections and flares aplenty.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aplenty
Adjective
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Color combinations of Masters green — also known as Pantone 342 — and Butter Yellow, the season’s hottest spring shade, have been plentiful.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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This leaves the Mets to use their money somewhere else in free agency next winter, and the options should be plentiful.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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The bag features ample space to fit essentials like a phone, wallet, a small cosmetics bag, sunglasses, and other must-haves.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
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Since then, she’s benefitted from the generous and spot-on counsel of dozens of smart people in government, the media, and in other circles.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The generous battery keeps podcasts alive for a full travel day, and a ten‑minute quick top‑up grants four extra hours before boarding.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Aplenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aplenty. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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