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1
as in loads
a considerable amount made buckets of money in the stock market

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2
as in kettle
a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle carried water from the well in a bucket

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bucket

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verb

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Recent Examples of bucket
Noun
Yes, this week’s popcorn bucket review is a dino battle: Regal vs. Cinemark. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 July 2025 Traps were stored improperly on faucet handles, and there was a mop head inside a mop bucket. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
The company’s product portfolio can be broadly bucketed into three categories. Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025 This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome. G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bucket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucket
Noun
  • Keeping kettles and coffee makers clean ensures a consistently tasty cup every time and helps prevent the formation of oily sludge and mineral deposits.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
  • Use a tea kettle for easy heating, carrying, and pouring.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Jane Evans Davis scoops tilapia from a tank with a net, loading them on a scale.
    Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
  • Want scoop on Criminal Minds, or for any other TV show?
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • But the humble protein powerhouse has never seemed to be able to shake the bad reputation.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 1 July 2025
  • The earth begins to shake as the animals, each one a small tank of muscle, thunder along the route at speeds of up to 20 miles an hour, scattering runners.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • During the 2024 The Championships, Wimbledon, the tournament served over 55 tons of strawberries from Hugh Lowe Farms just 31.5 miles from famed tournament—that’s over 2.5 million individual Grade 1 English strawberries of the Mailing Centenary variety.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Of course, the camp had a Manning participating instead of teaching, as Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning garnered tons of attention from virtually everyone in-person and looking on at home.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.
    Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
  • Trump set the house on fire and then fetched a single pail of water.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Those who did touch reported sleeping back to back (19.6%), having some contact, like touching an arm or leg (23.1%), spooning (13.3%), intertwining (4.2%) and sleeping face to face (3.5%).
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
  • Reheat pulled pork and spoon over grits or polenta, or tuck into pork tacos, Carolina pulled pork sandwiches, or quesadillas al Pastor for a satisfying filling.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Centre Court looked naked without line judges, but Fognini’s presence and touch filled the void and jerked the joie de vivre out of Alcaraz’s racket.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Patrick Walle’s horn solo up top sounded suspended in time, before an increasingly feral orchestra jerked us back to street level.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Unlike other characters that need to jump on enemies to defeat them, DK can throw an endless stream of haymaker punches in all directions and can even rip chunks of rock and the ground itself out to throw with precision.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • Still, office space is the largest chunk of cash net operating income (NOI), at just over half.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

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“Bucket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucket. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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