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
  • Be careful not to overdo it; once scooped, the frozen watermelon will melt faster.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The brand enters the category with the Kensi, a softly structure scooped shoulder bag, available in small and large sizes.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • While warming up, the four 2,400-hp Pratt & Whitney engines rattled and shook the plane’s fuselage.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Witnesses said the explosion shook the area as much as the quake.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 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
  • One kind of firework sounds as though the sky just emptied its digital trash.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The benches emptied for both teams, but calm was restored a couple minutes later.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 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
  • Inside Lee Arena, a palpable energy vibrated through the crowd.
    Latif Love July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • 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
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 7 Aug. 2026.

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