buckets
Example Sentences
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A growing cadre of volunteers increasingly helps with the next step, the actual harvest, scooping acorns off the ground and into bags and buckets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
In short order, I’d come upon the three urchins, more intent on skipping stones across the creek than filling their buckets.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
