1
as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach
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2
as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years
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3
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passel
Noun
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Since the premiere interval reset with the release of the new batch of episodes, there are still 64 days left in Season 2’s window to continue climbing on the most popular list.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Make a little batch of chocolate bark by spreading it into an even layer on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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France looked decent but exited, somewhat unfortunately, in the first group stage.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The group will do it again Sunday night at the Fox Theatre.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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In central Wyoming on Wednesday, the government will sell 440 million tons of coal next to NTEC’s Antelope Mine.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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In addition, 288 tons of green waste and other debris had been cleared from yards, washes and roads.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On the software front, Amazon's baked in a bunch of AI features.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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The paper is a new way of combining a bunch of ideas that are already out there, but the method hasn’t yet been proven at scale.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Broncos had 01 personnel on the field — no running backs, one tight end and four wide receivers — but the play Payton called didn’t match that grouping.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Same question, loads of responses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The song was released with the video, an ode to pastels that depicts the changing of the guard from one album to the next with a snake turning into a cluster of butterflies.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Simulating a cosmic storm To test this, the researchers simulated a black hole with a billion solar masses at the center of a galaxy cluster weighing a quadrillion Suns, a thousand times the Milky Way’s mass.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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The festival will host free performances by regional and local bands on stages in Newport and Cincinnati.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Oct. 2025
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The 60-year-old rocker is stepping away from the band’s global reunion tour to get treatment for prostate cancer.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Passel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passel. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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