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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

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

The piled sheaf of papers from his confession resembles a manuscript.

From Salon ● May 12, 2024

A bundle of gilded cattails stood in one corner and a sheaf of peacock feathers was nailed to the wall beside the grandfather clock.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

He was impressed by a man in a suit who showed up every day brandishing sheaves of paper, and who seemed to be in charge.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

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

What follows is simply a sampler, a few sheaves from this fall’s rich and strange abundance.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Greek mercenaries, of course, expected to be paid in coin, not sheaves of wheat.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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