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
Harvests can exceed hundreds of thousands of bushels, generating millions in revenue, according to surveys and reports.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
There has always been a bunch of tepid hitting, and bouncing off with no wrapping up, leading to bushels of gash plays.
—Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
The White House says China agreed to buy 12 million bushels of soybeans this year and about double that next year.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
The soybean production is expected to yield 104 million bushels, up 3% from 2024.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 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
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
Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
There has always been a bunch of tepid hitting, and bouncing off with no wrapping up, leading to bushels of gash plays.
—Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
The White House says China agreed to buy 12 million bushels of soybeans this year and about double that next year.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
The soybean production is expected to yield 104 million bushels, up 3% from 2024.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushels
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Based in Sasebo, Japan, the Tripoli, almost 850 feet long and displacing 45,000 tons, is essentially a small aircraft carrier an d carries F-35 stealth fighters and MV-22 Osprey transports as well as landing craft to move troops ashore.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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An asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over multiple states and lit up the sky as a meteor Tuesday morning, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion, officials said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Accessibility Hotel Thaynes has loads of accessibility accommodations for those who require it.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Sagging Rooflines Heavy snow and ice loads can cause your roofline to bow or sag.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
16 Mar. 2026
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Fry has been arrested more than two dozen times since 2003, on a range of offenses including assault, burglary, driving with an invalid license, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to court records.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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The legislative blueprint outlines a half-dozen guiding principles for lawmakers, focusing on protecting children, preventing electricity costs from surging, respecting intellectual property rights, preventing censorship and educating Americans on using the technology.—
SEUNG MIN KIM,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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More than half of the bulk trash piles were scheduled for collection by a contractor, with fees charged to the property owners.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2026
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The surge in crude prices unleashed by the Middle East conflict upends that and piles further pressure on the public finances.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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At another center in Hubei, around 100 humanoid robots generate data by repeatedly performing actions such as folding and ironing clothes and wiping tables hundreds of times.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Arab Gulf neighbors during the war, causing significant damage and rattling economies even as most are intercepted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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And those predictions are slowly becoming reality as companies—especially tech firms—have started to cut sizable chunks of their workforces, attributing the layoffs to AI.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Earth today is a jigsaw of giant chunks of crust that travel across the planet, smashing together like huge bumper cars, pushing up mountain ranges and melting back into magma along their edges.—
Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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Private utilities, meanwhile, have to follow a more rigid procurement process overseen by PURA, for much larger quantities of power.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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And few quantities on his roster are better known than Dru Smith.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Ware says the findings also open up lots more questions.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2026
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More homes in the Denver NC area Another community meeting will be held on March 17 at the same time and place to discuss plans for a senior housing development with up to 119 lots, county documents show.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Bushels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushels. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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