as in package
a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped
a bale of cotton/paper
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Recent Examples of bale
An employee dove between two metal bales that surround the facility to quickly carry a customer who had been burned to safety.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
Dressed as Pokémon characters, third-year attendees Bryan and Sheri Allbaugh were taking pictures by the festive hay bales with their daughter, Lith.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Meet animals in the petting zoo, then make your way through the hay bale maze, photo op areas, target toss, and lawn and carnival games.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
Dressed as Pokémon characters, third-year attendees Bryan and Sheri Allbaugh were taking pictures by the festive hay bales with their daughter, Lith.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Meet animals in the petting zoo, then make your way through the hay bale maze, photo op areas, target toss, and lawn and carnival games.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bale
Noun
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Collins Aerospace will produce and deliver three full-rate production kits known as high-power transmit set modernization (HPTS-M) packages.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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So what are Oklahoma residents supposed to do if a mystery package arrives?—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Excavators will support autonomous trenching, loading, grading, and related operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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For top-loading machines, never fill laundry past the agitator.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
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Apple has been making moves recently to bolster Apple TV, including a bundle with NBCUniversal’s Peacock, that $750 million F1 deal, and moves to try and make the service more accessible to consumers.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The 2025 Walmart Thanksgiving meal bundle is less expensive but also contains fewer items than the 2024 version.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The mother of three said that when her stepmom read her application packet things went south.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hird notes that usually a packet of seeds costs far less than a bunch of fresh herbs from the grocery store, and that seed packet will produce many plants.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Poo-Pourri Pocket Toilet Spray 3-pack Last spring, my in-laws rented a passenger van and took us on a family trip, with all of us staying in the same Airbnb.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Neila Roa, carrying her 5-month-old baby, sells packs of cigarettes to passersby, having to monitor daily fluctuations in currency to adjust the price.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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The December shipment of teak — loaded at a Myanmar port owned by an oligarch with close ties to the military — was Florida Teak’s seventh of Burmese teak last year, bringing the total imported by the company in 2022 to roughly 437,000 pounds, import records analyzed by the Miami Herald show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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That 5-million-square-foot sorting and handling site temporarily closed midweek due to a cargo plane crash on location, already causing shipment delays ahead of the FAA mandate.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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The following spring, the Bills moved up in the draft to select a quarterback who became a cornerstone, and optimism ran high going into 2018.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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An earlier draft of a peace plan, which emerged in November and was criticized as being heavily favorable to Moscow, sought to cap Ukraine’s armed forces at 600,000 personnel.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Bale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bale. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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