as in ton
a considerable amount
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
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Recent Examples of bushel
In the South, nothing says the early days of summer quite like bushels of strawberries ripening in the fields and farmers' markets waiting to be turned into strawberry shortcake.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
Indeed, a crazy tournament thus far led to a bushel of upsets.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Four bushels of leeks—Naama is on a leek kick this month and won’t stop scrolling the Times recipe app at all hours of the night, LOL!
—Iris Bahr, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
This year, though, that number dropped precipitously, amounting to just 218 million bushels during the first eight months of 2025.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bushel
Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
Indeed, a crazy tournament thus far led to a bushel of upsets.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Four bushels of leeks—Naama is on a leek kick this month and won’t stop scrolling the Times recipe app at all hours of the night, LOL!
—Iris Bahr, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
This year, though, that number dropped precipitously, amounting to just 218 million bushels during the first eight months of 2025.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushel
Noun
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The second-floor gym has Peloton bikes and tons of natural light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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They’re also made with a grippy sole that provides a ton of traction across several kinds of terrain from airport floors to rainy city streets.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at one of these newer concepts, Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings, fold untold dozens in front of customers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More specialized services like Thai massage, Shiatsu massage, and a slew of wraps, facials, and scrubs are available too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Five people were in custody and facing a slew of criminal charges Thursday following a pre-dawn police pursuit that wound through Ellis and Tarrant counties before ending in a crash of the suspects’ vehicle in Fort Worth, authorities said.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The departments of Treasury and Commerce will soon issue the new guidance making clear there are no quantity limits for the oil exports.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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The On LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper will release March 5 through On’s website and North American retail stores in limited quantities.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood/area There are four other new hotels on this block (and more to come), and Noelle is the most refined of the bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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What a bunch of hypocrites these people are.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
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Richards' doctor, Shaida Sina, who is aware of the slag pile, said it was likely caused by arsenic exposure.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Willingness to spend cash Berkshire's cash pile exceeded $370 billion at the end of 2025 , a figure that has fueled debate among shareholders about whether the conglomerate has been too cautious.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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Costs have soared since the original project was conceived more than a decade ago, and a sizable chunk of the hotel tax funds is now being used instead for repairs.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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More than 200,000 Bay Staters remained in the dark Tuesday evening, with MEMA’s power outage map showing large chunks of Barnstable and Plymouth counties greatly affected.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushel. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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