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bustle

verb as in move around quickly, busily

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Across India's cities and towns, markets bustle with shoppers buying sweets, gifts, decorations, and firecrackers, giving a significant boost to the economy each year.

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It was once a bustling community with Japanese boarding houses that offered affordable rent and home-cooked meals.

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The quinceanera dress shops in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood are usually bustling enterprises, reflecting the buoyant mood of Latino families eyeing a brighter future.

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His people take on the pared-down faces of Léger’s own figures; abstraction creeps in and geometry becomes a major consideration; color appears in broad strokes and washes, unifying bustling scenes and roiling elements.

Across the 100 or so miles west of Madison, bluffs still soar, valleys still plunge and the air still holds more birdsong than bustle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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