bucket

Example Sentences

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When the first tranche of files was made public, he said they represented a "drop in the bucket" compared to what was to come.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

That’s a drop in the bucket compared with Musk, who holds External link 6.4 billion shares of SpaceX.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

For a bucket of gravel it’s tedious, for minerals it’s difficult, and for living organisms it’s surely impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The problem with this way of thinking is that each of us contributes an infinitesimally small drop in the bucket of global greenhouse gases.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

“The bucket was in the camper,” he said.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret