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  • plural of bucket.
  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Not that it would matter much during the depth of Armageddon, reviews of Bakkers’ food buckets were less than glowing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Their concerns fall mostly into two buckets: loss-of-control and human misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

Volunteer firefighters were using "whatever we have. Sometimes we use buckets, and even those aren't enough", said Yonas, adding that the teams were also in need of food and protective gear, including masks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

I hadn’t noticed all the other noise, but servants were coming and going, bringing dishes and trays and buckets and rags.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff



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