as in loads
a considerable amount
repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money
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Recent Examples of fistful
To the side, women wailed, beating their chests or throwing fistfuls of rice and rose petals.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
In a poor country like Russia, handing out fistfuls of rubles is the very definition of desperation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
Multiple voices in one hand blended into fistfuls of color, and perplexing emphases on accompaniment figures served to distract, rather than elucidate, the musical argument.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The salmon croquette and the catfish are favorites, but the grits are always the star, arriving shimmering in butter and crowned with a fistful of shrimp.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
In a poor country like Russia, handing out fistfuls of rubles is the very definition of desperation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
Multiple voices in one hand blended into fistfuls of color, and perplexing emphases on accompaniment figures served to distract, rather than elucidate, the musical argument.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The salmon croquette and the catfish are favorites, but the grits are always the star, arriving shimmering in butter and crowned with a fistful of shrimp.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistful
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Over three dozen incidents tallied Freelance visual journalist Michael Nigro, shown here at protests in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood shortly after being struck in the helmet by a non-lethal bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors could lose big.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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There are some youth, but there’s a ton of growth taking place.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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There were signs written with Japanese and Chinese characters, and tons of traditional Asian motifs, like gold coins, dragons, lucky cats, and lanterns.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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Analyst Christopher Nardone recently raised his price target on the stock to $192 per share from $173 citing a slew of positive catalysts ahead.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
7 June 2025
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Despite winning a slew of competitions — including the European Title at age 13 and the World Championship at 15 — the only person Daley looked forward to seeing in the stands was his father.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The agreement takes a big chunk of oversight away from the NCAA and puts it in the hands of the four biggest conferences.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
7 June 2025
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Reyes spent a chunk of his loan funds on high-end watches: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Rolex Oystersteel and Everosegold.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The best idea for Harrison might be to keep the velocity up, and try to develop a bunch of okay secondary pitches.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Breaking up a bunch of bananas can reduce the concentration of ethylene gas.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
16 June 2025
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So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Add a small pile of firewood to keep the soil cool and damp and provide a spot for firefly egg-laying. Plant more native plants from your climate zone, like goldenrod, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, or switchgrass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
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Coming in contact with this bacterium in large quantities can result in ear, nose, and throat infections.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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As the world’s reserve currency, the U.S. dollar is held in large quantities by global central banks.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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Sometimes the inheritor is ill-equipped to handle the wealth or asset.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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But his attempt to sell the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery was upended by Musk himself, who publicly attacked Trump's embrace of exorbitant deficit spending.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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“Fistful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistful. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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