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
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
These buckets last a really long time from Home Depot.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Four flies landed on the ice buckets on top of the ice machine.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Real life may well require more buckets, more asset classes, more nuance, and more adaptability.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Balanced buckets The Valkyries got scoring from multiple players.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
As the morning light spread across the San Francisco Peaks, a group of about 50 volunteers from across Arizona gathered in the national forest, armed with shovels and buckets of young pine trees.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some residents, like Arno Koch, stayed back to try and fight the fires on their own with hoses and buckets.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Draining all water, including from the lower outboard unit, ballast, live-well, buckets, and anything else that holds water.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally are inside-out buckets, too.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
These buckets last a really long time from Home Depot.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Four flies landed on the ice buckets on top of the ice machine.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Real life may well require more buckets, more asset classes, more nuance, and more adaptability.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Balanced buckets The Valkyries got scoring from multiple players.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
As the morning light spread across the San Francisco Peaks, a group of about 50 volunteers from across Arizona gathered in the national forest, armed with shovels and buckets of young pine trees.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some residents, like Arno Koch, stayed back to try and fight the fires on their own with hoses and buckets.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Draining all water, including from the lower outboard unit, ballast, live-well, buckets, and anything else that holds water.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckets
Noun
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead of toys, drone pilots can win perks such as new combat boots, electric kettles, or upgraded night-vision goggles.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, the brewing bar in each room is impressive, with different roasts of Geisha and other varieties, and all the highly specific kettles, grinders and other paraphernalia found in serious cupping rooms.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 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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Noah Cameron shakes off rocky 1st inning Sunday didn’t start well for Royals rookie starter Noah Cameron.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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One team member gets to see an object in a box, then the other team members have to guess what that person saw, using only facial expressions (no nods or head shakes) as clues.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The team recently achieved the production of up to 10 tons of liquid air per day, representing a significant milestone in advancing the technology toward large-scale commercial viability.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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While that marked the lowest annual increase in 10 years, more than 170 million tons of new LNG supply are set to be available by 2030 in service of burgeoning global power demand, the energy major noted in its latest market assessment.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Use jig and pigs 18 to 25 feet deep along brush piles or main lake points with a gradual slope.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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One makes big plays at big moments, the other piles up a steady stream of little plays that lead to those big plays.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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No matter the time of day, there’s usually a cluster of people standing around it, each of them filling up empty bottles and gallon jugs.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Filled with warm spices, tender chunks of fruit, and pecans, and topped with a caramel glaze, Apple Dapple Cake will put you in a fall state of mind—even if the weather isn’t quite there yet.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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To be sure, the last few years have been more challenging, with Gucci rapidly losing momentum — and Kering’s debt load swelling after an acquisition spree that included Creed, Maui Jim, a 30 percent stake in Valentino, and large chunks of prime real estate.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Buckets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckets. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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