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buckets

  • plural of bucket.
  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).

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Instead, they say the best way to think about the market is just to group all sectors into three buckets — cyclicals, defensives and growth.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

For the experienced seagrass seed collectors, buckets soon begin to fill with the tips of stems.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

“It mostly came down to using shovels and buckets and hands, things like that,” Espy said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

A group of volunteers passes buckets of rubble from hand to hand in long lines.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

We form a line that stretches from the river to the fort, and we pass the buckets quickly, one to another.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone