as in loads
a considerable amount
the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects
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Recent Examples of basketful
Wishing you sunshine and a basketful of chocolate on this beautiful day.
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Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 20 Feb. 2023
Most of the businesses are aimed at visitors, an economy built on fishing and camping equipment, gelato, fancy coffees, enormous burgers and knickknacks by the basketful.
—Phil Kloer, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
The prototype Mini Cooper electric convertible or a basketful of kittens?
—Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 14 July 2022
Lauber can expect a bushel basketful of cases from rounders, defiers, protesters, wits, wags, and wiseacres, all playing the Boechler gambit, with variations.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 20 Feb. 2023
Most of the businesses are aimed at visitors, an economy built on fishing and camping equipment, gelato, fancy coffees, enormous burgers and knickknacks by the basketful.
—Phil Kloer, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
The prototype Mini Cooper electric convertible or a basketful of kittens?
—Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 14 July 2022
Lauber can expect a bushel basketful of cases from rounders, defiers, protesters, wits, wags, and wiseacres, all playing the Boechler gambit, with variations.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basketful
Noun
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This purports to be the cost of the damage caused by the release of each additional ton of CO2 into the atmosphere.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Mar. 2025
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Under first-year coach Kevin Young, BYU has one of the best offenses in the country and has been playing with a ton of confidence.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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There are also about 60 other bottles of various Pappy Van Winkle expressions, eight bottles of A.H. Hirsch bourbon, and dozens of bottles of Eagle Rare, Four Roses, George T. Stagg, and WhistlePig Boss Hog.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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Goldman Sachs says there’s a slew of stocks the firm likes that are well positioned in an uncertain macro environment.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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But a slew of signals suggest the economy is starting to lose momentum, including weaker corporate earnings, eroding consumer confidence and stingier retail sales.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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In fact, could also very well be the difference between a pilot being greenlit or remaining lost in a pile of pitches, never to see the light of day.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Atlanta will be without Murphy, Acuña Jr., and Strider for a chunk of the 2025 season.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Once the eclipse starts, the full moon will take on a reddish hue and begin to look like a chunk has been taken out from one side, NASA said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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That trip and a subsequent trade deal could dissipate the geopolitical headwinds.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Most notably, Microsoft has a deal to restart the infamous Three Mile Island fission facility that was the site of the worst nuclear accident in the U.S.—
The Editors,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As a result, some supplement products may not contain the ingredients listed on the label or in the quantities mentioned.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
20 Mar. 2025
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Lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.—
Wayne Chan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Basketful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basketful. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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