sheaves

noun

plural of 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 Synonyms for sheaves
  1. loads
  2. piles
  3. bundles
  4. tons
  5. dozens
  6. rafts
  7. hundreds
  8. chunks
Noun
  • Engineering experts said the conversion project is complex and poses many challenges, which include making sure older buildings can safely support new loads and carving up office floors to accommodate residential living.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • More crucially, Illinois’ grid is well-equipped to deliver the large electrical loads needed to process AI and other data.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Keep the area around your home free from debris, such as leaf piles, mulch, and grass clippings.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
  • Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • DirecTV wins in price and package offerings (more channels, packages, and plans at lower prices, which results in greater value), bundles (more variety for a cheaper price tag, which also means better value), and sports.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026
  • The Hill Insider bundles together many of the newsroom’s most specialized efforts.
    — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of bundles
Noun
  • The European country imported more than 205 tons of medical cannabis in 2025, compared with about 62 tons in 2024, when cannabis reforms took effect, according to Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has dispatched 36 tons of aid, including hygiene kits, cleaning supplies and water filters.
    — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 8 July 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, sheds light on how the agency has operated in Sacramento, where dozens of arrests have taken place downtown and through administrative transfers at prisons.
    — Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • When Paul Revere came to Portsmouth with news that the British were headed toward the fort, Cheswill rode to Exeter to help spread the news and build rafts to defend Portsmouth Harbor.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
  • Bring your innertubes and rafts or borrow some and enjoy a family-friendly movie under the stars.
    — Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026
Definition of rafts
Noun
  • Le Specs is a constant go-to for eyewear, with high-quality shades that won’t run you hundreds of dollars.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Though none of them passed, the dialysis industry spent hundreds of millions between 2018 and 2022 to defeat them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
  • Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of chunks
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