as in loads
a considerable amount
the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Recent Examples of raft
Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Absent a raft of unsupported PCs operating as honey traps for hackers and malware, this one-of-a-kind hardware refresh is coming.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
However, despite their African ties, the monkeys that rafted across the Atlantic likely represent distinct evolutionary experiments.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Since first hearing the story of the Titanic, Ozzy, as he’s known, has amassed a raft of factoids, a Titanic snow globe from the Titanic Belfast museum and many ship models at his home in Hastings, England.
—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Absent a raft of unsupported PCs operating as honey traps for hackers and malware, this one-of-a-kind hardware refresh is coming.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This ingenious riff on Huckleberry Finn as told by Jim, follows the enslaved man who rafts with Huck down the Mississippi, from the author behind American Fiction.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
However, despite their African ties, the monkeys that rafted across the Atlantic likely represent distinct evolutionary experiments.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raft
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Huawei reported a 22% surge in revenue in 2024 — the fastest growth since 2016 — buoyed by a recovery in its consumer products business.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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Hong Leong group patriarch Quek Leng Chan strengthened his position as the second-richest person with a $1 billion jump in his net worth to $9.8 billion, buoyed by robust sales at his family’s finance-to-food conglomerate.—
Anu Raghunathan,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Tuohy was a generational talent from New York who won three national cross country championships and set a slew of national high school records over her time for North Rockland.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some new appliances have over a dozen cycles, and then there are a slew of other things to consider, including water temperature, spin speed, cycle duration, and agitation.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Now, with the help of AI, that figure could balloon considerably.—
Quora,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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And after the news of the pause hit investors, the stock market ballooned, hitting highs after several days of trepidation over tariffs.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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With an enrollment of over 45,000 students, FSU offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across more than a dozen colleges.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Witnesses described two men, later identified as Villanueva-Morales and 29-year-old Javier Alatorre, entering the bar and firing more than a dozen shots into the crowd of approximately 40 patrons.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trump floated a plan to nix the federal income tax and replace revenue with money from tariffs.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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After the attack, the juvenile creature was seen floating lifeless in the water, video footage shows.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Avocado makes a ton of great organic sleep products, particularly its Green Mattress and Eco Mattress Topper.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The tiny pup has been spotted meeting tons of celebs, including Demi Moore and her tiny dog, Pilaf, Powell's Twister costar Daisy Edgar-Jones and more.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The way the film swims through the contradictions, considerations, and cultural reverie of the rural South is genuinely enlivening.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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A number of the boat’s passengers, among them women and children, died after jumping into the water and being unable to swim.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Many schools also suspended classes for the day in protest.—
Fayaz Bukhari,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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In response, the Department of Education temporarily suspended IDR processing, which then resumed again a few months later.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raft. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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