BULL PENS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

bull pens

noun

plural of bull pen

as in big houses

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Noun

Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.

— Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of big houses

Noun

In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.

— Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.

— Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026

Definition of tanks

Noun

Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026
In 2018, reporters visited the Ursula detention center in South Texas, an old warehouse housing hundreds of children in a series of cages bound by metal fencing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cages

Noun

The discovery could give researchers a simpler way to investigate structures found in human cells.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
In one effort to better understand what's going on, scientists are learning how specialized cells in our eyes turn the blue wavelength part of the light spectrum into neural signals affecting mood and alertness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of cells

Noun

On a recent, sunny Friday afternoon, Daniel Stromberg sat in the hospital cafeteria at University of Illinois Health, with a set of purple pens and white business cards spread out on the table, as people streamed in and out.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Below the large windows draped in both fake and live ivy vines sits a chalkboard with a basket of pens and pieces of paper.

— Heather L. Whitley, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of pens

Noun

Those coolers have little motors that can cause the mirrors to vibrate.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
From Rochester caves to Ballantyne coolers Once the two-week ripening process is complete, cheeses are packaged and shipped directly to stores.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of coolers

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