as in plentiful
being more than enough without being excessive
there will be food and drink aplenty, so please come
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as in plentifully
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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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Apple has long made iPhones in China through contract manufacturer Foxconn due to the country’s cheap, plentiful, and technically skilled labor.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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This seems to work well enough, but details are only sharp around the center of the frame, with ample distortion at the edges.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Again, what allows for that enviable dip is the combination of short hips and a high rib cage, which puts ample space between the two bones.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Yeah, well, thank you for having me on and thank you for that really generous introduction.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Of all the airlines, Alaska and Hawaiian offer the most generous commitments.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Aplenty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aplenty. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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