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
  • Jordan Davis of the Eagles leaped and blocked the kick, scooped the ball and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown that sent the Rams to a 33-26 defeat.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Then Marvel took a hike to Disney, which scooped them up for $4 billion in 2009.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • O’Shea shook hands with the referee and his assistants but there was no attempt to shake the hand of Israel captain Manor Solomon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The policeman held on to Shorty’s biceps and shook them slightly, both giving the sense of a loving embrace and using his strength to lift Shorty ever so slightly off the ground and clear of the entrance.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Related Stories Entertainment marketers once closely guarded their marketing materials and spooned out their campaigns with tactical precision on timing and platforms.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For the third Chelsea goal, via Neto, Harry Wilson’s half-pass-half-tackle was spooned to an unmarked Palmer in the centre.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The machine can continue spewing currency until it is emptied or the operation is interrupted, according to Treasury.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As the lot emptied, the brothers stuck around to savor the wine.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • McDonald’s shares fell nearly 5% Wednesday, their largest percentage drop since April 2025, as investors shuddered at the eye-popping price of improving McDonald’s 46,000 global stores.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Every once in a while, when there was a pause, my eyes started to water and my body quivered and shook a little bit.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

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“Bucketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucketed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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