bucketed

past tense of bucket

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bucketed Moving From Audience Segments To Individual Context Traditional healthcare marketing ran on segmentation—physicians bucketed by specialty, geography, prescribing patterns. Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 As Hortiz mentioned at his pre-draft presser, fullback and tight end will be bucketed together in this offense. Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026 The data was then bucketed into six indexes—tax rates, quality of life, senior population/migration trends, quality of health care, job market, and overall value—which were weighted based on responses from a March 2025 public survey. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucketed
Verb
  • But many of those discs eventually found their way into secondhand shops and estate sales where private collectors scooped them up for safekeeping.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • This one -- as hundreds of users on TikTok and Instagram have shown in the last week -- starts with half of a watermelon that's been scooped to create a bowl-like indent and frozen overnight.
    Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.
    Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Serve directly from the packets or transfer to a large serving platter with plenty of the buttery broth spooned over the top.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • They can also be spooned over vanilla ice cream or shortcake.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
  • Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The chain-link cages under white industrial tents have been emptied.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
  • Days later, chapter leaders learned their bank account had been emptied and their DAV charter revoked, according to court documents.
    Sonner Kehrt, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The way the stadium shuddered with noise.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • At least the elevator still creaked and shuddered, as in the old days, finally trembling open on the eighth floor.
    Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • THe morning after Louisiana’s House primaries were scheduled to take place, worshippers at Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge were on their feet, swaying to the gospel music that vibrated through the wooden pews.
    Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report released Friday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Her papers quivered in her hand.
    Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026

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“Bucketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucketed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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