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  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
  • plural of bucket.
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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As residents demanded a return to normal water supply at one protest last month, AFP saw a police officer filling up buckets they had brought to Nongsa Digital Park.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Fast-forward four years: I had nurtured nine baby giant sequoias that were now outgrowing their large plastic buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We have well-defined buckets as to how much we want to hold, and we’re also hedging some of those exposures as well,” Citizens Chief Executive Bruce Van Saun told analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Maykel Aguilar, 30, patiently filled a 200-liter tank and several buckets at a pipe connected to a spring on a street in the capital's old town.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

There is not much required of me aboard ship, just to bring him his wash water in the morning and empty the slop buckets we all use.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone


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