buckets
Example Sentences
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He explained the money was disbursed in buckets, and bureaucrats made the specific choices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Woodall returned at the cafe’s request, filming the stained, decaying ceiling and the water-catching buckets and coffee pots on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“This is the most behavioral-finance approach,” Chatzky said — because when there’s turmoil, you have enough in the cash and fixed-income buckets that you don’t have to touch your stocks for 10 years.
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
There was nothing to sit upon in the shed but upended dough buckets, but they sufficed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
