passel

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as in ton
a considerable amount a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer

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Recent Examples of passel Wine and beverage director Aldo Sohm (who is partner in his namesake wine bar across the breezeway) has a passel of sommeliers who are intent on finding you the right bottle for your taste and budget from an extraordinary wine list. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 Returning shows including Severance and Abbott Elementary shined with stellar seasons, while a passel of new series like The Pitt got our hearts racing. EW.com, 25 June 2025 She’s got hidden agendas, a whole passel of them that arrive in the form of red flags the movie just about waves in our faces. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025 As Valentine’s Day nears, Lisa Wright, manning the crafts table, watched as a passel of girls quickly and carefully worked to dig out the best colorful beads to crowd onto a plastic band, crafting small token reminders of the evening. Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passel
Noun
  • The new batch will join nearly 8,300 other operational Starlink satellites up there, continuing to flesh out the biggest spacecraft network ever assembled.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For your pet's batch, leave out onions, garlic, peppercorn, salt and spices.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That dropped to just two teens in that age group in 2024.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This was a classic Smith performance with tons of yardage and some risky throws with both good and bad results.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The typical basking shark that local whale watches see are about 20 to 25 feet long, weighing several tons.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Storm Breaker, donning black and white patterning, is probably the least attractive of the bunch (to me, anyway).
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the new film, set in 1986, finds the Warrens dealing with a bunch of personal matters, as well as a Pennsylvania family haunted by a mirror cursed with malevolent spirits.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Ten small and medium-sized countries are in talks to form a new trade grouping in November.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Federal agents stopped three boats that were en route to South Florida from the Bahamas and were smuggling large loads of cocaine and dozens of Chinese migrants last week, according to court documents.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • On top of that, the humanoid handled different types of dishwasher loads, from dishes to glasses, adapting itself to execute the task with perfection.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The organization also is partnering with a nonprofit developer to create a cluster of 21 shipping containers converted into little houses in Eastpointe, just outside Detroit.
    Felice J. Freyer, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cervical cancer screenings allow physicians to spot and remove cancerous or even precancerous lesions (clusters of odd-looking cells that could one day become cancer).
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While other members came and went, Davies and Hodgson remained the band's core and key creative ingredients for over a decade.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bettencourt performed with Osbourne at the show, and his band Extreme honored him with a medley of his hits at a concert in Zürich last month.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Passel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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