bushel

Example Sentences

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Others who sold their crop at lower prices—around $9 a bushel—before the deal with China said it came too late.

From The Wall Street Journal

Following Penelope’s instructions, the children found three empty bushels and packed them full of treasures; the lighter objects they placed in the wicker basket, which was smaller and easier for Cassiopeia to carry.

From Literature

That’s down from the agency’s previous estimate of 16.81 billion bushels, but still the most corn ever produced by U.S. farmers in a marketing year by nearly 1.5 billion bushels from the previous record.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Gospel of Matthew advises Christians to not hide their light under a bushel basket.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brazil alone has shipped around 2.5 billion bushels to China this year, while U.S. exports have been relatively small, she noted.

From MarketWatch