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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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"I have drinking water but I do not have water for my toilet," he said, saying he had to use a bucket to pull water up through the window to his second-floor apartment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It was at the top of my bucket list.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

A lifelong aviation enthusiast, she said she had always wanted to visit the airport's air traffic control tower, and described the experience as one of the highlights of her bucket list.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

You set your spending from the cash bucket, refill it with fixed-income yields, and then buy new fixed-income products with the sale of stock.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gloria and Ramona are each able to carry one bucket on their shoulder and another on their arm.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Their work with portfolio companies typically falls into three buckets: helping plan and execute their next fundraise; building and scaling financial operating models; and hiring finance personnel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

A growing cadre of volunteers increasingly helps with the next step, the actual harvest, scooping acorns off the ground and into bags and buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

When you get to the end of each year, Chatzky said to look at the performance of each of the buckets and think about what you may need to move as the years go by.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The family initially boiled kettles to fill up buckets to wash and clean the dishes, but they've now invested in a camping shower.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

We are the only ones at the riverfront when Ann comes down to fill buckets with water.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“I think we need a more personalized approach for each individual in determining when they should actually start screening—not this bucketed start age,” Bea says.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023

He said the Fed would revisit how firms were bucketed by size when it came to supervision and regulation.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

"The rain was horrendous. It literally bucketed down," said parish council vice-chairman Mike Palmer.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021

Any captured water is bucketed to toilets for flushing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018

It’s outside, waiting to be bucketed, lifted inside, and decorated with paper chains and berries.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A fourth person, the pilot of a helicopter helping with "bucketing" operations, died after a crash in the neighbouring Alberta province last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023

Choosing value-based strategies, dividend stocks and bucketing approaches can help you navigate several market scenarios, Saglimbene said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022

“The water was still thigh-high at 7 a.m. and those who parked their cars in the streets were in panic because their vehicles were submerged … Other residents were bucketing out water from their homes.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

“Generally the tiered model is a great approach and some of their general bucketing makes a lot of logical sense,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Well, at least it was better than bucketing rain, Victor thought as he pulled his hat down over his face.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke




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