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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Some Download festivals have been all about the sunscreen and bucket hats, while others have ended up being dubbed "Drownload" and "Brownload", for the amount of rain and ensuing mud.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Hotter than expected inflation will both test the market’s resolve and “throw a bucket of cold water on momentum,” said Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

If you take that to heart, your first step might not be to think about increasing your dividend yields, but rather to increase your cash bucket.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

He dips cloth in a bucket and presses it against Caesar’s lips.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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