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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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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

Standing before a 20-foot wall of bright blue buckets, he tells one, facing the wrong way, that they don’t carry buckets, that they’re old-fashioned and no one uses them anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

We passengers are only allowed up to empty slop buckets or get the stew pots for our meals.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone


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