sheaf

as in loads
a considerable amount contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state

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Recent Examples of sheaf The piece is versatile as each sheaf can be removed and worn separately. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 What to know about Ag Day on the Hill at the Tennessee State Capitol Tennessee agriculture is recognized on the Tennessee state seal, with a plow and the sheaf of a wheat and a cotton stalk, so there is a natural connection between Capitol Hill and National Ag Day. Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 19 Mar. 2024 The sheaves come from farms; inside the shed, workers assess their contents and sort them into new buckets to match 24 pages of orders tacked to the wood walls. Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025 Offerings include arts and crafts, caber toss, the haggis hurl, sheaf toss and tug of war in a non-competitive environment. Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheaf
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Noun
  • Every week, Netflix drops a ton of new content for viewers to stream from studios all over the world.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • But after crushing the Cavs and gaining a ton of experience last year, the Pacers see a path to getting eight more wins.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The survey was conducted between April 3 and April 23 — a period that followed Trump’s April 2 announcement of a new slew of massive tariffs and a later pause of dozens of those tariffs.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • The Grand Hyatt’s remodel is the latest in a slew of construction taking place at DFW.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat wave as temperatures climbed to the high 90s in parts of Southern California.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Between 2017 and 2020, more than a dozen victims hired Randhawa to purchase airline tickets, paying him between $1,100 and $12,000 each, prosecutors said.
    Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • After building an 11-run lead by getting a bunch of hits and getting some help, the Padres held on for a 13-9 victory over the possibly historically horrible Rockies on Friday night at Coors Field.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • Because Steven Van Zandt gets to induct a bunch of 45s?
    Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
  • The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • That informant, records show, was the same man who was arrested in 2022 after he was seen throwing a bundle of heroin from a car owned by current first deputy superintendent, Yolanda Talley.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • And while the other big New York cable company Charter has leaned in to big bundles full of included streaming apps, Matthew is taking a different approach: Skinnier bundles of video, with easy add-ons.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • And that’s exactly what has driven the raft of Gmail warnings so far this year.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The Chinese government has implemented a raft of stimulus measures to stimulate consumption across different sectors and support businesses impacted by the tariffs and bolster employment.
    Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 May 2025

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“Sheaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheaf. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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