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as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years
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as in ton
a considerable amount
a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer
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Recent Examples of passel
Now, to win back some smaller passel of rights, Warner will have to wage a legal war against a one-time partner that seems eager to move on to new teammates.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2024
The goal was to create a farm-to-table business and supply the restaurants with produce and meat from a passel of pigs from the orchard.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
On Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched its 42nd rocket of the year, carrying yet another passel of Starlink satellites into orbit.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
Microsoft announced a whole passel of Copilot Plus PCs at its Surface event on Monday, and Samsung’s entries are a 14-inch laptop and two 16-inch ones, known collectively as the Galaxy Book4 Edge.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 20 May 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2024
The goal was to create a farm-to-table business and supply the restaurants with produce and meat from a passel of pigs from the orchard.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
On Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched its 42nd rocket of the year, carrying yet another passel of Starlink satellites into orbit.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
Microsoft announced a whole passel of Copilot Plus PCs at its Surface event on Monday, and Samsung’s entries are a 14-inch laptop and two 16-inch ones, known collectively as the Galaxy Book4 Edge.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passel
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In the latest batch of adjustments to the nominee list, both Charli XCX and Malone were given Best Recording Package nods for serving as art directors on Brat and F-1 Trillion, respectively.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Look for vendors who maintain the same level of quality across different batches.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Concerned Citizens group pressed local officials to take action to protect the children.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The rocker — whose 14th studio album Songs of a Lost World debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 after its arrival on Nov. 1 — added that The Cure also experienced unwelcome fan behavior as the group grew in popularity.Anna Chan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
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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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Other photos included the bunch walking arm-in-arm through Disneyland, posing in front of a Star Wars display and wearing matching orange shades.Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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He was arraigned on charges of loitering and prowling at night, criminal mischief, disturbing the peace, criminal trespass, evading arrest on furry feet, scatting rubbing and a bunch of summaries for smelling bad.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Champagne explains that 40 or 50 years ago, in the early days of hair restoration, surgeons would try to move large groupings of hair from one part of a person’s head to another.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Africa Corps refers to a more formally Russian military grouping, still heavily leaning on mercenary recruits.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The image was in fact data collected from both the Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope combined to depict NGC 602, a star cluster located on the outskirts of a not-so-distant galaxy some 200,000 light years from Earth.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Taurus, with its orangey star Aldebaran and, above, The Pleiades, an open cluster of stars.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The other four actors in the scene playing the human members of the band are fully exposed and great at both dancing and self-mockery.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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The star, who is featured on the track by K-pop band TWICE, appears in the video wearing a pleated miniskirt and white tee.Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Plane and helicopter pilots reported dozens of incidents of lasers being pointed at them over New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in early December.Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Almost two dozen digital health companies went public through an initial public offering or special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that year, up from the previous record of eight in 2020.Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Passel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passel. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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