bumper crop

noun

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

Examples of bumper crop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lumber has turned decidedly lower while agricultural commodities, broadly speaking, currently off their lows, are still down substantially this year amid a bumper crop and uncertain demand. Ron Insana, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 Honeycrisp prices have fallen in the past year thanks to a bumper crop in Washington state, New York, and Michigan. Nick Halter, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 Orders were down 16 percent overall from the same quarter in 2023, although that period saw a bumper crop of train orders. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 Aug. 2024 While up-and-comers from every state hope national conventions can help them up and come, Virginia seemed to send a bumper crop of them to the RNC. Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bumper crop 

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“Bumper crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumper%20crop. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.

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