bushels

noun

plural of bushel
as in tons
a considerable amount picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale

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Recent Examples of bushels There has always been a bunch of tepid hitting, and bouncing off with no wrapping up, leading to bushels of gash plays. — Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026 But a farmer harvesting 150 bushels of corn per year from a field must replenish the nutrients to grow corn again the next year. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 June 2026 The White House says China agreed to buy 12 million bushels of soybeans this year and about double that next year. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025 Williams saw close to 100 bushels of wheat per acre irrigated last year, but this year might only have 30 to 40. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 Harvests can exceed hundreds of thousands of bushels, generating millions in revenue, according to surveys and reports. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026 In the South, nothing says the early days of summer quite like bushels of strawberries ripening in the fields and farmers' markets waiting to be turned into strawberry shortcake. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025 Because one out of every four bushels of wheat grown in this country is shipped to Russia, such an embargo would have a devastating effect on the wheat farmers in this country, and Boone County, among others, would suffer the consequences. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 At the time of the explosion, the elevator was reportedly half full of 40,000 to 50,000 bushels of millet, wheat and milo — offering a glimpse of the scale of operations there. — Marissa Luck, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushels
  1. tons
  2. loads
  3. dozens
  4. piles
  5. hundreds
  6. chunks
  7. quantities
  8. lots
Noun
  • Having a few good friends can be more meaningful than having tons.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
  • There are tons of other great Spanx deals to shop over the Fourth of July weekend.
    — Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The 2026 tournament has the highest rate of goals per match in decades and is the first in World Cup history to have scored more than 200 goals (with two dozen matches still left to play).
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Krispy Kreme’s Fourth of July Collection will be available in-shop and for pickup or delivery via the Krispy Kreme app and website, individually and by the dozen.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
  • The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Some students going back to school in August can kiss their cellphones goodbye during the day, thanks to one of the hundreds of new laws going into effect in Georgia on July 1.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • Much of the same was seen in Pacoima, where a hundreds of people were spotted dancing and watching fireworks at the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Van Nuys Boulevard.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Hayden, 53, of Oak Park Heights, started making pies — using her mother’s cold-water pie crust recipe — in massive quantities at Fresh Fields bakery in Stillwater for Thanksgiving 2011; the owner, Dave Michaud, was a friend who had sampled her pie.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • Genre enthusiasts will find lots to like here, from its rich saturated nighttime ambience to the moody, cine-techno score by Aeph.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • Summers in the South mean zucchini—lots and lots and lots of zucchini.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of lots

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