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sheaf

[sheef] / ʃif /


NOUN
package
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Nieuwenhuijsen reached out to Kars, who connected her with the middle-aged Dutch couple who had been safeguarding a sheaf of old Sablonière family letters in bundles of plastic bags—and were Nieuwenhuijsen’s own long-lost cousins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I can talk about him forever, but that won't benefit the people of Bangladesh," the BNP leader said about the Islamist chief, to crowds waving flags with the party symbol, a sheaf of rice.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Fittingly, the four-and-a-half hours leading up to them feel like a sheaf of love letters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

The long edge of each new 130-page sheaf was dipped into a pool of melting glue, then dropped into a U-shaped cover.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024

In his hands was a sheaf of papers and Obinze could see a photocopy of his passport page.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Mr. Holland’s information about the sheaves of Wilde forgeries that bedeviled booksellers’ shelves in the 1930s?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of wheat, the ears empty husks, after managing to save only 20 hectares of the 150 he planted.

From Reuters ● May 25, 2023

Her organization sees sheaves of Social Security numbers available as “buy-one-get-one” deals packaged with other consumer data on offer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

Following along, we form our sheaves into simple offerings for the altar in front of us.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

There’s a section with big rolls of silage, too, packed up to the ceiling with thin rope, and another section with huge sheaves of wheat ready to be ground into flour.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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