bucket

Example Sentences

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When your cash and bonds are used up, you move on to this bucket, which is still supplemented by your Social Security benefits.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

His outfit, an Off White hoodie and a fleece bucket hat with a tortoise on the front, is just as uplifting and whimsical as his attitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Car purchases tend to weaken, for example, perhaps because in their mental accounting, people place cars and gasoline into the same spending bucket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"It's a drop in the bucket compared to what this country needs. It means next to nothing," said Raul Pomares, a 56-year-old gardener waiting for a taxi in the capital.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I pass him the bucket, then fall to the floor.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin