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
Corn is the most valuable crop in Kansas – in 2022, farmers collected $3.6 billion from corn, at $7.2 a bushel, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Meiko and Eli are distracting themselves through midlife, while Carina is a bushel of best intentions slowly realizing that life was better at a school where kids and parents alike could at least be honest about being in it for themselves.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
People drive across the county to buy jewel-bright quarts and bushels from their stand.
—Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
Under Rolph, the company, now called Thrive Restaurant Group, bought up a bushel of Applebee’s locations.
—Sharon Hoffmann, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Meiko and Eli are distracting themselves through midlife, while Carina is a bushel of best intentions slowly realizing that life was better at a school where kids and parents alike could at least be honest about being in it for themselves.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
People drive across the county to buy jewel-bright quarts and bushels from their stand.
—Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
Under Rolph, the company, now called Thrive Restaurant Group, bought up a bushel of Applebee’s locations.
—Sharon Hoffmann, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushel
Noun
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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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After a ton of speculation on her appearance, Millie Bobby Brown went out in full force to call out those who criticized her appearance.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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The complaint names more than two dozen defendants, including Combs’ mother Janice, Universal Music, MTV, and several other Bad Boy officials.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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But sustainable jet fuels are available in only small quantities.—
Ben Geman,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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All of this is translating not only into a smaller world, but one where money moves faster, further and in greater quantities.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And scripts that hadn’t even been dreamt of have risen to the top of the production pile, with Rock and Clayface being prime examples.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
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
Noun
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February is ending and March is beginning and with a new month comes a whole bunch of new shows and movies to watch on all your favorite streaming services.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
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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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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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushel. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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