bulk

Example Sentences

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AL JEER, United Arab Emirates—Oil tankers, container ships and bulk carriers shimmer all over the horizon to the left of the windswept beach here at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A bulk of those funds were distributed by grants approved by the human rights commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

They said the bulk of the inflationary effect passed through to consumers has already happened, expecting just a further 0.1% impact to core personal consumption expenditure prices in 2026.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The startup plans to first target rail yards, short lines and captive lines, like the kind used by some miners and agricultural companies to move bulk commodities such as coal, grain and iron ore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

He sank his ponderous bulk into a chair beside Father, fixed one eye on me, the other on the ceiling, and said, “Five lumps, please.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom