as in loads
a considerable amount
the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Recent Examples of rafts
Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 6 Jan. 2026
Life-rafts for me who was so lonely, who desperately craved some cause for hope, nights alone in my bedroom, listening to the screams.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
These like weeks long adventures, hundreds of miles, huge packs, pack rafts and bikes, and no trails and bush so thick.
—Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2025
Flextail's new air pump for inflating mattresses, rafts, and pillows makes a strong case for a slot in your loadout with its diminutive build and ability to do double duty as a versatile lantern.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Traditional jangadas, or rafts, take people to offshore reefs at Praia do Toque for snorkeling in water as calm as a bathtub.
—Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
This included checking cameras, circular search maneuvers and the launch of marker rafts.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead of large groups of migrants, the rafts carried only small groups of locals going back and forth to shop or to work.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The proposal would ban Fletcher from ever selling or advertising boats, rafts or related goods and services, as well as travel- or vacation-related services in Idaho or to Idaho residents.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
Dive and technical rescue teams, including those equipped with rafts and drones, assisted in the recovery.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 6 Jan. 2026
Life-rafts for me who was so lonely, who desperately craved some cause for hope, nights alone in my bedroom, listening to the screams.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
These like weeks long adventures, hundreds of miles, huge packs, pack rafts and bikes, and no trails and bush so thick.
—Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2025
Flextail's new air pump for inflating mattresses, rafts, and pillows makes a strong case for a slot in your loadout with its diminutive build and ability to do double duty as a versatile lantern.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Traditional jangadas, or rafts, take people to offshore reefs at Praia do Toque for snorkeling in water as calm as a bathtub.
—Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
This included checking cameras, circular search maneuvers and the launch of marker rafts.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead of large groups of migrants, the rafts carried only small groups of locals going back and forth to shop or to work.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The proposal would ban Fletcher from ever selling or advertising boats, rafts or related goods and services, as well as travel- or vacation-related services in Idaho or to Idaho residents.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafts
Noun
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As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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In some of the tunnels that cut through the mountains, there were only a couple of inches to spare on either side of the loads.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Having designed dozens of homes and studied many more, interior designers become accustomed to spotting some of the same home accessories over and over again.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
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While this design comes in a dozen colors, the Amazon-exclusive Black Cherry hue is swoonworthy!—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Cut with a curved outer seam that balloons slightly through the thigh before tapering at the ankle, the shape is all about creating volume.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
29 Dec. 2025
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The mid-rise jeans have an exaggerated barrel silhouette that balloons out at the knee and tapers into a wide-leg fit at the ankle.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 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
Verb
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Each space floats on local zapote wood pillars to avoid covering the ground, leaving most of the jungle intact.—
Gemma Price,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Over half the resort floats to minimize land disruption, there are zero single-use plastics, and even their toilet paper is sourced with eco credentials.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lightweight and easy to flatten when empty, this packable tote from Bagsmart is a steal for $26 and features tons of pockets for stashing all of your travel essentials.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Also, didn’t Trump just pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran President, who had been sentenced to forty-five years in federal prison for conspiring to import four hundred tons of cocaine into the United States?—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
10 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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To start, Disney now sells two skinny sports bundles, ESPN-Fox One and Fubo Sports, both of which feature the company’s sports networks without low-viewership channels Sling says it’s forced to buy.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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In several markets, such bundles already represent a meaningful share of net additions.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Rafts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafts. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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