bucket
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There’s also annual nondiscrimination testing that can limit how much high earners are allowed to put into that bucket, and in some plans the contributions get refunded after year-end.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The bucket was placed on the floor, after which a "splash" was heard.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
In 1901, bucket shops were the hottest outlet for speculation, with people betting on whether the next tick in U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And the $12.5 billion he will receive from the Lakers flip is only a drop in the bucket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
One day about the middle of the afternoon, I took a broom and a bucket of water and walked up to Daisy’s playhouse.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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That morning in May, Mamta waited beside the handpump as other families filled their buckets, three empty plastic containers at her feet.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Donations to colleges fall into two buckets: those for general use and those restricted to a specific purpose by the benefactor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
When his fresh water ran out on July 11, he collected drinking water by filling buckets with seawater and capturing the condensation beneath plastic bags he stretched over the buckets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Akira had seen Cal Fire using similar buckets to drop water on the fire.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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“I think we need a more personalized approach for each individual in determining when they should actually start screening—not this bucketed start age,” Bea says.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
He said the Fed would revisit how firms were bucketed by size when it came to supervision and regulation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
"The rain was horrendous. It literally bucketed down," said parish council vice-chairman Mike Palmer.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021
Any captured water is bucketed to toilets for flushing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
It’s outside, waiting to be bucketed, lifted inside, and decorated with paper chains and berries.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The helicopter pilot, 41, was helping with "bucketing" operations, in which specialised buckets suspended by cables are used to douse fires, officials said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Choosing value-based strategies, dividend stocks and bucketing approaches can help you navigate several market scenarios, Saglimbene said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022
“The water was still thigh-high at 7 a.m. and those who parked their cars in the streets were in panic because their vehicles were submerged … Other residents were bucketing out water from their homes.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
“Generally the tiered model is a great approach and some of their general bucketing makes a lot of logical sense,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Well, at least it was better than bucketing rain, Victor thought as he pulled his hat down over his face.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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