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The phrase "a perceived surfeit of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an abundance or excess of something that is subjectively recognized or interpreted.
Example: "The community expressed concern over a perceived surfeit of fast food restaurants in the area, fearing it would impact public health."
Alternatives: "an apparent excess of" or "a supposed abundance of".
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Gear was cheap because we had a perceived surfeit of credit and/or money.
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But with restraint he boiled it down to three areas: a perceived whiff of old-fashioned morality, a surfeit of emotion and lack of drama.
Ison, a former screenwriter, possesses a surfeit of wit and an especial knack for upending love story conventions.
Fear reigns during periods of slack employment and job growth, when workers perceive that the surfeit of replacement labor makes it costless for employers to sack them for any reason at all, including labor organizing.
And Canada as a whole will have a surfeit of parliamentarians compared with many other democracies.
Paltrow – brother of Gwyneth – makes up for a lack of budget with a surfeit of ideas.
The internet has been teeming with complaints about a lack of detail and a surfeit of errors.
A surfeit of descriptions, a paucity of action.
Unlike a museum, it does not have a surfeit of the secular.
Although there's a criminal surfeit of vermouth in my martini, my contentment is absolute.
As a gadget reviewer, I fortunately am offered a surfeit of products to evaluate.
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