bumper crop

noun

: a very large crop
We produced a bumper crop of tomatoes this year.

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This year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot’s favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction. Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 This year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot’s favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction. ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026 Mike is expecting, with the rain, that California won't get a bumper crop, which would be between 2,500 and 3,000 pounds an acre. Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026 The mass fruiting event last took place in 2022, and according to reports from the Washington Post and the Guardian, conservationists were relieved this year to observe a bumper crop of the tree's berrylike fruit, which serve as a source of calcium and vitamin D for the birds. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bumper crop

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