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In which case, the contest of plenties will be on again.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2010

Peace, Shakespeare's "dear nurse of arts, plenties and joyful births," succors national life at last.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the various plenties that abound in the U. S., the most indigenous and widespread is the plenty of Nothing that almost any U. S. citizen will admit he's got.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poor in purse were both, but rich in Tender love's delicious plenties; She a damsel of the kitchen, He a haberdasher's 'prentice.

From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Complement of human kind, having us at vantage still, our sumptuous indigence, oh, barren mound, thy plenties fill!

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian