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The biggest surprise in the study was the apparent plentifulness of Japanese strategic metal supplies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anthracite coal had been discovered and was just beginning to be mined, but on account of the plentifulness of wood was not for a long time largely used.

From History of the United States, Volume 2 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

The abundance of yams, Indian corn, and various fruits, together with the plentifulness of wild cotton, impressed the explorers most favorably.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

I think the facts are equally clear that the great fall in prices from 1873 to 1896 can not be laid, wholly at least, to the increasing plentifulness of goods.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

"Nee, nee; there are enough Festivals in our religion already," grumbled her husband, who, despite his hacking cough, had been driven to the work-table by the plentifulness of work and the scarcity of "hands."

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel