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
Already, 2,000 bushel bags of cones have been collected by Cal Fire foresters.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
Rocio Fabbro walks us through Apple’s bushel of new offerings.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2024
Seafood dealers would pick from his various packets, trying to assemble just the right mix of pepper, mustard powder, and salt for their bushels of steamed crabs.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
However, even assuming 50 bushels per acre and a $5/bushel average price increase, the revenue per acre would have risen by ~$250/acre.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
Rocio Fabbro walks us through Apple’s bushel of new offerings.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2024
Seafood dealers would pick from his various packets, trying to assemble just the right mix of pepper, mustard powder, and salt for their bushels of steamed crabs.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
However, even assuming 50 bushels per acre and a $5/bushel average price increase, the revenue per acre would have risen by ~$250/acre.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushel
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Who makes the best tamales in Phoenix? Metro Phoenix is home to tons of Latin American restaurants.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA Fisheries, and fully grown can reach up to 85 feet long and weigh between 40 tons and 80 tons.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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More than a dozen Santa Clara alumni and other community leaders served as Opus Prize jurors, and 16 SCU students, faculty and staff members were ambassadors who joined on site visits to the prize finalists.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are among the more than two dozen artists nominated for the biggest awards of the night — record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Every year, from fall to spring, Miami unveils a slew of new restaurants.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Also, on her special day, Newport showcased a slew of different wedding-day looks.Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, doing so resulted in no measurable change in fruit size or total quantity.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Also, most commercial recipes make enormous quantities and scaling them down for a home kitchen isn't always practical.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The zoo shared a video of the baby calf sniffing for food in a pile of glass across its social media accounts to celebrate her birth.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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My friend gave me a whole bunch of her little girl’s clothes — such a high volume of items that some still had the tags on.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Wolk herself responded to the controversy by tweeting a bunch, naturally.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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But not everyone has a large chunk of money that is heading their way soon.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushel. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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