as in tons
a considerable amount
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
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Recent Examples of bushels
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!
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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
In 2024, farmers in the state harvested 102 million bushels of soybeans, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Sitting up high while barely five feet tall, no doors in the summertime, bushels of basil and rosemary from the farmer’s market wafting up to the front.
—Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
To enjoy bushels of your favorite fruits, there are some savvy ways to improve the health of your trees and enhance your harvest.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
The tale of the wreck On what would end up being its last voyage, the Carruthers stopped at Fort William, Ontario, now Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior, and picked up 371,000 bushels of wheat.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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
In 2024, farmers in the state harvested 102 million bushels of soybeans, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Sitting up high while barely five feet tall, no doors in the summertime, bushels of basil and rosemary from the farmer’s market wafting up to the front.
—Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
To enjoy bushels of your favorite fruits, there are some savvy ways to improve the health of your trees and enhance your harvest.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
The tale of the wreck On what would end up being its last voyage, the Carruthers stopped at Fort William, Ontario, now Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior, and picked up 371,000 bushels of wheat.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushels
Noun
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But given the size and mass of an Orion spacecraft – ranging from 330 to 440,925 tons (300 to 400,000 metric tons) – the number of rockets this would require was unrealistic.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Russian military bloggers said the submunitions released by each warhead apparently were unarmed but had high kinetic energy estimated to deliver a destructive force equivalent to tons of explosives.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shelf ice forms along beaches where ice piles up after being pushed to shore.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Amid a large snowstorm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one curious dog dived into piles of snow in a now-viral video.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered for a protest and march to speak out against ICE, with many expressing anger and outrage about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
8 Jan. 2026
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If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These unmanned systems are relatively low cost, can be produced in large quantities, and pose a challenge to conventional air and sea defences due to their size, numbers, and flight patterns.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Portion sizes matter here because some foods are high in FODMAPs when eaten in larger quantities.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
8 Jan. 2026
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What appear to be intercontinental ballistic missile parts can be seen parked on the tarmac as sections of old rockets sit in lots surrounded by weeds.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Five separate lots are up for auction, with current bids starting at $1,525 or more.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Bushels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushels. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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