billets 1 of 3

plural of billet
as in bars
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a stack of gold billets in the vault

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billets

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of billet

billets

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of billet

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Noun
  • When World Cup season descends upon soccer-mad Brazil, green and yellow banners decorate restaurants, bars and apartment buildings, streets are painted with flags and soccer balls, and discussions of the beloved national team's games are ubiquitous.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The dynamic duo of Jonda Valentine, an artist and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, and her longtime friend Christa Suppan, who started as a bartender when Lipstick first opened, share co-ownership of the two bars.
    Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Terry Collins Republicans have little chance of winning top statewide positions in Colorado, making the June 30 primaries almost the de facto election in the heavily Democratic state.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Despite taking cost-saving actions, including a selective hiring freeze for non-uniformed positions, overtime restrictions, spending reductions, and travel suspensions, General Fund expenses still outpace revenue.
    Briauna Brown, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The property also houses its own private theater, wine cellar, tasting room, game room, poker room and fitness center.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Even with a modest rebound after the pandemic, the BOP today houses roughly 154,000 inmates, nearly 30 percent fewer than at its 2013 peak.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • In the evening, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will draw thousands of eyes upward as 85,000 shells are launched from six barges and a laser show beams up from the Brooklyn Bridge.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
    Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Employers added 57,000 jobs last month, about half of what economists had expected.
    Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The spindle fibers are microtubules, which are essentially long rods made up of many tiny interlocking components.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • Other ingredients such as Rice Krispies, pretzel rods and decorating ingredients have all become more expensive over the past year.
    Chloe Dao, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Social media sites used for hateful comments Pumphrey made threatening posts on the social media platform YouTube and other social media sites, according to the guilty plea.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Valdez deposited Pinky at a warehouse belonging to the site’s owner, showing him the Facebook posts of Pinky’s removal.
    Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
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“Billets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billets. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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