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buckets

NOUN

container, often for liquids, with handle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

can canister cask kettle pail pot

STRONG

brazier hod scuttle vat

Example Sentences

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But handwashing is done in plastic buckets -- a sign of the tardiness of the response to an outbreak many fear could be among the worst in the virus's history.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

It evinces her hand in its flat figures racing with buckets toward a burning bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

He recommends dividing work tasks into three buckets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

With that in mind, here are three ETFs that fill those buckets that Morningstar recommends as top picks External link for 2026.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

I hadn’t noticed all the other noise, but servants were coming and going, bringing dishes and trays and buckets and rags.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff