Thesaurus results for BALE

bale

noun

Definition of bale

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 Another photo showed Langley stretched across a stack of hay bales while modeling the same denim look. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 The Green Mountains, hay bales, cows, and barns immediately calmed my mind and gave the kids a place to run around and have fun. — Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 29 June 2026 And then every other day, caretakers distribute 60 bales of hay (at 100 pounds each) to the horses. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026 Building with straw bales is still considered a niche market in Idaho. — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bale

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Noun

On Location, which sells premium packages at high-profile events like the FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl and the US Open, helped generate $666 million in revenue for the first six months of this year — a 60% increase compared to the year prior.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent drone deliveries have not been flawless — a video spread across the internet earlier this month after an Amazon drone dropped a Texas customer’s package into her swimming pool.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of package

Noun

There’s no doubt about it that hot water serves its purpose to clean and sanitize items, but that doesn’t mean this setting should be the default for every load.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026
This outer layer absorbs physical stress directly, protecting the delicate internal materials from bending or cracking under load.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of load

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And fourth, each moved fast, front-loading the painful medicine of store closures, marketplace cleanups, and resetting Wall Street expectations immediately upon taking over, rather than kicking the can down the road, letting problems fester.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Fix the curbs and loading zones around these facilities, which the comptroller’s own data identifies as the crash problem.

— Jessica Walker, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of loading

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Online privacy tools often force a trade-off between convenience and protection, but AdGuard’s family bundle aims to close that gap for households with multiple devices.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Apple One bundles Apple TV with Apple Music, Apple Arcade, cloud storage and other features.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bundle

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The new job comes with a starting salary of $305,324, a monthly car allowance, an annual cost-of-living adjustment and other benefits, according to the compensation package included in Tuesday’s City Commission meeting agenda packet.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
At some locations, the company uses precise data packet arrival times, while other locations use wave machines or pendulums.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of packet

Noun

In an electric bike, where the top tube must house a 230Wh battery pack, these wider, inherently stiff aluminum tubes actually provide superior rigidity over narrow-titanium piping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
The workaround is a set of official Samsung cases with integrated magnets, alongside a Qi2 magnetic battery pack that can snap onto the Galaxy S26 if a magnetic case is fitted.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of pack

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Analysts note that a key detail to keep in mind is that this massive jump in Samsung's operating profit was primarily driven by memory chip price hikes rather than significant shipment volume growth.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Others turn them off to disguise the origins of the shipment.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of shipment

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Its Supreme Court has rejected draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews and overturned a law legalizing settler homes built on private Palestinian land.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
There’s really no word on the timelines of any five of these injuries, however; Turk Wharton’s absence was real enough to make the Panthers burn a draft pick on a defensive tackle depth piece, a rarity for this front office.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026

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