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as in dozen
a considerable amount I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

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bunch

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Recent Examples of bunch
Noun
Feast your eyes on the bunch in our gallery. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025 The Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers have rattled off a bunch of wins lately, too, so the Guardians haven’t gained much ground, despite winning nine of 10. Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
This was a bit of a daunting Pips grid, with so many tiles all bunched together, but once again there weren’t a ton of different conditions to juggle. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Try not to bunch them up or pull them too high because this can restrict blood flow and increase swelling. Sherri Gordon, Health, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunch
Noun
  • The Giants' pass rush should get a boost from the home crowd and prevent this from being easy for Patrick Mahomes and Co.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Other clips depict engines roaring with huge crowds and fireworks being set off.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And its gentle formula of exfoliating sugars and nourishing coconut and sunflower oils is made in small batches in the US.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Make a big batch of homemade slow-cooker apple butter and use some as the perfect filling for this pound cake, or just pick up a jar from the local farmer's market.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple White House officials arrived in their current jobs after working at Turning Point USA, the conservative outreach group that Kirk led and co-founded to energize Republicans on college campuses.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its interactive projections can show what a child experiences when entering the tube of an MRI machine or enable practitioners to find hazards in their patients' homes.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • At the current high multiple, that translates to about $6–7 billion in profits, or roughly $16 billion in revenue, assuming a 40% net margin—a target consistent with long-term projections.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Last time, Republicans were defending more than two dozen districts won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Three dozen lucky Klarna staffers just joined the ultrarich club thanks to its recent stock windfall.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Keep communication open by avoiding poking fun at these practices.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Gibson proceeded to the Children’s Chorus room, where two staffers welcomed her to poke through the costume racks.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than 3,200 young Nepalis are currently huddling in an online discussion on social media messaging platform Discord to debate who will officially take part in the talks and what issues will be discussed.
    Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Ravens had just finished a series of sprints and huddled with head coach Anthony White.
    Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, the only reason Oracle is in this position is down to Ellison’s courting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, which has allowed his company, previously a distinct back-of-the-pack cloud company, to secure a massive stockpile of top-of-the-line Nvidia GPUs.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Bunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunch. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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