bunches 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bunchesnext
plural of bunch
1
as in packs
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially that bunch goes out to lunch together every Friday

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2
as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit bought a bunch of grapes

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3
as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a small bunch of people were sent to clean up the place

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4
as in sections
a part that sticks out from the general mass of something a bunch in the blanket

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as in loads
a considerable amount I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

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bunches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bunch
1
as in protrudes
to extend outward beyond a usual point the dress bunches a bit at the waist

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2
as in piles
to gather into a closely packed group the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunches
  1. projections
  2. pokes
  3. piles
  4. communities
  5. hundreds
  6. collections
  7. cliques
  8. bands
Noun
  • For example, projections indicate that 75% of wealth management services will have a digital component by the end of 2024.
    Babu Sivadasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Looking ahead, the market for music catalogs shows signs of stability and potential growth, with projections indicating steady multiples in the coming years.
    Kori Hale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of projections
Verb
  • The logic sounds airtight until the market pokes holes in it.
    John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Elsewhere in the promos, Thompson pokes fun at his long tenure.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of pokes
Noun
  • One of those problems happens to be the looming piles of textile waste that, like elephants encountered in close proximity, are difficult to ignore.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Examples of weird rut-hunting spots where bucks often corral does include brush piles, brushy fencerows, sinkholes, (generally) vacant woodlots, spots closer to human inhabitation, and more.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • That's because most Americans, including in the communities ravaged by the massive storm, lack flood insurance.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Since the last war between Hezbollah and Israel, in 2006, the group flooded once-impoverished Shia communities across Lebanon with investment.
    Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of communities
Noun
  • More than 4,000 cybersecurity tools flood the market—the typical large company uses hundreds of them, pumping out data to rows of dashboards flashing alerts.
    Saket Modi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The need for power and water grew more urgent Thursday for hundreds of thousands of residents across the Southeast a week after Helene began a deadly, devastating march as a historic Category 4 hurricane slamming onto Florida's Gulf Coast.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • The Van Gogh Museum has identified three works attributed to Van Gogh in private collections that are fake, including a painting of a peasant women that sold through Christie’s for nearly $1 million in 2011 and was even previously authenticated by the Amsterdam institution.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • On the accessories side, the bucket hat shows no signs of being booted to the curb for summer, with the shape being seen in most collections.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of collections
Noun
  • Today, though, even the most exclusive of these maritime cliques embrace their surrounding communities, whether through wildly popular race weeks, youth sailing programs, or taking the helm on sustainability issues.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
  • When and why do girls start forming cliques?
    Hannah L. Schacter, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of cliques
Noun
  • There’s a number of bands that were very successful in the ’90s in that music.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • That passion and fire that the ’80s bands had from ’80 to ’88 to ’89 started to dwindle.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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