in bulk

Example Sentences

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Businesses that bring in bulk volumes typically get a rate discount from the Postal Service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Unlike mains gas, heating oil has to be ordered and delivered in bulk every few months to a tank attached to each property.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“It’s more like throwing away unused groceries or continuing to go to Costco or some of those expensive stores and buying in bulk, and then throwing away much of it.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Plus, officials had to pay to conduct searches one by one, not in bulk.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

I know they went through seventeen gallons of salve in the first two weeks, and that Mother was ordering gauze in bulk.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover