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The phrase "an surfeit of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an excessive amount or overabundance of something.
Example: "The party was a disaster due to an surfeit of food that went uneaten."
Alternatives: "an excess of" or "a plethora of".
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Here it pays to understand an Indonesian regulator's mental universe: in it, the 1997 banking crisis was primarily caused by an surfeit of related-party loans, in which tycoons channeled funds into whichever businesses they saw fit (happily termed "piggy banking").
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Or rather there was an unwanted extra: a surfeit of respect.
A surfeit of descriptions, a paucity of action.
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 problem, however, has not been a dearth of water but a surfeit of it.
Not any more: let a surfeit of sourdough spark a pancake party.
So smart garments may well be a natural counterbalance reaction to a surfeit of ugly fitness wearables.
There is a surfeit of humanities graduates and a shortage of agronomists and engineers.
Unlike a museum, it does not have a surfeit of the secular.
And, some would say, a surfeit of self-love, plus a disabling weakness for personal publicity.
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