1
as in loads
a considerable amount
made buckets of money in the stock market
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1
as in scoops
to lift out with something that holds liquid
bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire
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as in shakes
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging
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Recent Examples of buckets
Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Anyhoodle, the three dudes went to a clearing and saw hanging net buckets and a stack of coconuts.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The 76ers got several offensive rebounds one of the two big men committed to defending the shot and easy buckets when their guards got into the paint and forced the big man to commit.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
McDonald’s first released the buckets in 1986.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Hopefully, the little guy is all dandy and is now staying away from fences and buckets.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
There is now a dizzying number of ways to put neurons in buckets, often presented in colorful, complex brain cell atlases.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Wikipedia sorts the issues into a bunch of large buckets, all citing real examples of AI writing uncovered on Wikipedia.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Items like ice buckets and strainers should be sanitized regularly to keep them clean and looking their best.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
Plus, Howl at the Moon will offer Swiftie sips, such as the Lucky One Miss Peaches Seltzer, Through the Orange Door jello shots, a TS12 shot, and That’s Showbiz cocktails and drink buckets.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Anyhoodle, the three dudes went to a clearing and saw hanging net buckets and a stack of coconuts.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The 76ers got several offensive rebounds one of the two big men committed to defending the shot and easy buckets when their guards got into the paint and forced the big man to commit.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
McDonald’s first released the buckets in 1986.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Hopefully, the little guy is all dandy and is now staying away from fences and buckets.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
There is now a dizzying number of ways to put neurons in buckets, often presented in colorful, complex brain cell atlases.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Wikipedia sorts the issues into a bunch of large buckets, all citing real examples of AI writing uncovered on Wikipedia.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Items like ice buckets and strainers should be sanitized regularly to keep them clean and looking their best.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckets
Noun
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Same question, loads of responses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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A number of kitchen electrics, including kettles and toaster ovens, are marked down on Cuisinart’s website.—
Melissa Knific,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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That’s why the United Kingdom’s National Grid engineers have to manage surges in energy use during popular broadcast events, when many viewers put their kettles on simultaneously.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Now, whether or not those leaks came from Team Baldoni or not, the fact is such info did quickly end up in the likes of the Daily Mail and TMZ, which have had a lot of Team Baldoni scoops over the past year.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Hill’s Julia Manchester scoops that the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is targeting voters with social media ads featuring images of receipts showing how much each state is projected to lose in health care and funding, along with how much prices could go up.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
21 July 2025
Verb
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The work captures life between Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples, where the ground shakes periodically and the fumaroles of the Phlegraean Fields taint the air.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The roar starts before the lights go down — a low, collective thunder that shakes the arena floor.—
Crystal Bell,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As usual, the college football slate delivers tons of options, with none bigger than the Vanderbilt-Alabama and Miami-Florida State games.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, a significant portion of plastic waste is incinerated, resulting in the emission of 850 million tons of greenhouse gases.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Last year, Kardashians decorations took a spookier turn, with the reality star’s house being decorated with creepy floating ghosts, witches brooms and piles of pumpkins in shades of traditional orange — plus green, white and hues of brown — and covered in sprawling vines.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hallways were lined with debris and plastic bags while clothing, wall decor and lamps became piles of litter inside apartment units.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The jugs cost 600 pounds, and have already been restocked due to demand.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The maintenance of this expertise took dedicated chunks of time that had to be spread over lengthy and secure careers.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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This shock vaporized chunks of the industrial bases of nations around the world, including the United States.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Buckets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckets. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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