1
: any of various units of dry capacity see Weights and Measures Table
2
: a container holding a bushel
3
: a large quantity
bushels of money
Examples of bushel in a Sentence
Noun
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 July 2025
The average corn yield for Rock County has hit 202 bushels per acre.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
With a sense of flair and confidence, many of these prognostications can be easily misread as somehow a bushel of facts and knowns, rather than a bundle of opinions and conjecture.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The Corn Refiners Association, an industry trade group, backed Mueller's concerns, estimating that eliminating high-fructose corn syrup from U.S. food and beverage supply chains could cut corn prices by up to 34 cents a bushel and result in a $5.1 billion loss in farm revenue.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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Noun
Corn syrup production in the U.S. accounts for 410 million bushels of the country’s 15.5 billion bushels of corn, making up less than 3% of the total industry’s total, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Center.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 July 2025
The average corn yield for Rock County has hit 202 bushels per acre.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
With a sense of flair and confidence, many of these prognostications can be easily misread as somehow a bushel of facts and knowns, rather than a bundle of opinions and conjecture.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The Corn Refiners Association, an industry trade group, backed Mueller's concerns, estimating that eliminating high-fructose corn syrup from U.S. food and beverage supply chains could cut corn prices by up to 34 cents a bushel and result in a $5.1 billion loss in farm revenue.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushel. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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