as in ton
a considerable amount
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
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Recent Examples of bushel
Perhaps, for some Bears players, that heaviness inside the locker room late Sunday had something to do with how familiar this loss felt, with the offense failing to capitalize on another strong outing by the defense and squandering a bushel full of golden opportunities.
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
Already, 2,000 bushel bags of cones have been collected by Cal Fire foresters.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
Rocio Fabbro walks us through Apple’s bushel of new offerings.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2024
Seafood dealers would pick from his various packets, trying to assemble just the right mix of pepper, mustard powder, and salt for their bushels of steamed crabs.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
Already, 2,000 bushel bags of cones have been collected by Cal Fire foresters.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
Rocio Fabbro walks us through Apple’s bushel of new offerings.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2024
Seafood dealers would pick from his various packets, trying to assemble just the right mix of pepper, mustard powder, and salt for their bushels of steamed crabs.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushel
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This warm hoodie is ideal for a ton of winter activities.Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Astros lost a ton of games on purpose, and cashed in the resulting high draft picks into a powerful nucleus that drove their run of success.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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At two dozen players, that’s between $120,000 and $252,000 in annual revenue.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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There was also another dozen cash and in-kind prizes handed out by a raft of sponsors including the Arab Cinema Center, Filmmore, Freshly Ground Stories, Ithra, Ambient Light, Rotana Studios and Titrafilm.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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During his tenure, the agency passed a slew of new consumer protections and generally took a more active posture in regulating and penalizing the industries under its umbrella.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The actress also had a slew of roles on film, appearing in the 2005 flick The Legend of Zorro alongside Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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They were listed in this week's ALDI Finds Weekly Specials, so quantities are limited.Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
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This focus on self-care is essential in promoting a sustainable work ethic that values quality over quantity.Vikram Joshi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Black widows and brown widows are usually found in wood piles, garages, around mailboxes, and in areas of the home that aren’t commonly cleaned.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
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On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Survivor producers always throw a bunch of twists out there.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Google has worked to bring as many features as possible into the model itself, rather than run a bunch of individual and siloed products, in order to be able to do more with Gemini in more places.David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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Because rental costs make up such a big chunk of overall inflation, that could pave the way for cooler inflation readings going forward.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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That would theoretically take up a significant chunk of what the Tigers could offer to Sasaki, making what seems like a long-shot pairing even more unlikely.Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushel. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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