as in loads
a considerable amount
the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Recent Examples of rafts
David Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
This became apparent after our group popped the floor of one of our rafts, which later resulted in multiple pins.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
The local media loved this and similar stunts the group pulled, such as attaching wings to bicycles, attempting to fly over the river, and towing bicycles on rafts behind canoes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Once the season ends, the city does not provide tubes or rafts at Barber, and also ends the shuttle service.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Across the islands, fishermen still use palm leaves to make rafts for catching lampuka (also known as mahi mahi).
—AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Others, that they were floated on rafts.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
The rocks were propelled by ice rafts that formed on the ground after rain.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
When temperatures rise above freezing again, the ice starts to melt, creating ice rafts floating on the meltwater.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Flint River Outdoor Center has half-day, full-day, and overnight trips on and above the Sprewell Bluff section with canoes, kayaks, rafts, and a shuttle service.
—David Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
This became apparent after our group popped the floor of one of our rafts, which later resulted in multiple pins.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
The local media loved this and similar stunts the group pulled, such as attaching wings to bicycles, attempting to fly over the river, and towing bicycles on rafts behind canoes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Once the season ends, the city does not provide tubes or rafts at Barber, and also ends the shuttle service.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Across the islands, fishermen still use palm leaves to make rafts for catching lampuka (also known as mahi mahi).
—AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Others, that they were floated on rafts.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
The rocks were propelled by ice rafts that formed on the ground after rain.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
When temperatures rise above freezing again, the ice starts to melt, creating ice rafts floating on the meltwater.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafts
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Criteria are detailed for risk assessment, hazard mitigation, rider restraint and dimensions, biomechanical considerations including acceleration limits, mechanical loads, electrical, operating conditions, fencing, handrails, gates, walkways, signage and many other areas.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ortec is committed to sustainability through our optimization software, which minimizes fuel consumption and emissions by optimizing routes, loads and vehicle utilization—potentially reducing CO2 output for partners.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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Use jig and pigs 18 to 25 feet deep along brush piles or main lake points with a gradual slope.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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One makes big plays at big moments, the other piles up a steady stream of little plays that lead to those big plays.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The specter of inflation will only reappear if the Fed balloons the money supply.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Last year, the quota was 231,485 tons (210,000 metric tons), which still wasn’t enough to meet demand.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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And along with every soldier in a modern army goes some six tons of equipment, ranging from bulldozers to bazookas.—
John Fischer,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Warren floats somewhere in the mix — anywhere between the hashes.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nostalgia floats through the air as ’90s R&B fills the dining room.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the early two-thousands, his team had taken a first shot at the ten-foot-high bundles of wheat that adorn some of the windows.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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To build this fall door wreath, wire bundles of ornamental grass and purple fountain grass seed heads to a wreath form, keeping the shape loose and imperfect.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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The hox gene clusters have two chunks of regulatory DNA that help set the activity of the genes within the cluster, one upstream of the genes, one downstream.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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The ring particles mostly range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to chunks as big as a house.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her visit to Rogers comes 13 days after hundreds of Arkansas farmers met with staff members from the state's congressional delegation in Brookland in Craighead County to describe their economic status.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Rafts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafts. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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