as in loads
a considerable amount
repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money
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Recent Examples of fistful
This summer, with the Biden campaign in disarray, Trump won a fistful of high-profile endorsements from outspoken tycoons such as Elon Musk.
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
The visitor handed Warren, 40, a fistful of balloons then shot her dead and walked out to a Chrysler sedan.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
But, unlike many other celebrity spirits projects, these two are heavily involved, and their whiskeys have garnered a fistful of prestigious awards since their launch in 2021.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
In other words, complex carbs, like sweet potatoes and legumes, fill you up and energize you for longer than, say, a fistful of Tootsie Rolls.
—Julia Ries, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
The visitor handed Warren, 40, a fistful of balloons then shot her dead and walked out to a Chrysler sedan.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
But, unlike many other celebrity spirits projects, these two are heavily involved, and their whiskeys have garnered a fistful of prestigious awards since their launch in 2021.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
In other words, complex carbs, like sweet potatoes and legumes, fill you up and energize you for longer than, say, a fistful of Tootsie Rolls.
—Julia Ries, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistful
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More than two dozen drug cartel suspects from Mexico — including the man charged in the 1985 slaying of a U.S. drug agent — are in U.S. custody after Mexican officials agreed to send them to the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.—
Jonathan Dienst,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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But immigration raids carried out on Sunday resulted in just a dozen people being detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, a source told my colleagues Rachel Uranga, Keri Blakinger, Ruben Vives and Jessica Garrison.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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That seems like a ton to pay a guy who did not even start on his own team last year.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The amount of clothing Americans throw out every year has doubled in the last 20 years, from 7 million to 14 million tons.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The bottom half featured a slew of interesting results.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Alongside the new handsets, Xiaomi showed off a slew of other devices.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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Carter also voided leases of large chunks of the campus to UCLA and the private Brentwood School.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Miami relied on its press-zone defense for a large chunk of the game.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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There’s nothing like playing with a bunch of guys, man, a band.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rather than wait for the cavalry to arrive in the unlikely form of a bunch of hitherto untapped categories, the sales guys instead chopped the commercial running times in half, thereby making their inventory a great deal more affordable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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As a result of the selling spree, Berkshire’s gigantic cash pile grew to another record, $334.2 billion, up from $325.2 billion at the end of the third quarter.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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At the stroke of a pen, U.S. and European leaders could order their banks to block the accounts of Russia’s central bank, rendering much of Putin’s cash pile inaccessible.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The United States has also pushed increasingly powerful military hardware in greater quantities close to Chinese shores.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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But sustainable jet fuels are available in only small quantities.—
Ben Geman,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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By pressuring Ukraine to hand over much of its mineral wealth in exchange for protection, Trump is undermining not just U.S. foreign policy traditions but the entire architecture of international relations that has maintained peace since 1945.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Unfortunately, though, the wealth isn’t trickling down to average workers.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Fistful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistful. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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