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sheaves

1 American  
[sheevz] / ʃivz /

noun

  1. plural of sheaf.


sheaves 2 American  
[shivz, sheevz] / ʃɪvz, ʃivz /

noun

  1. plural of sheave.


sheaves British  
/ ʃiːvz /

noun

  1. the plural of sheaf

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Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of wheat, the ears empty husks, after managing to save only 20 hectares of the 150 he planted.

From Reuters ● May 25, 2023

What follows is simply a sampler, a few sheaves from this fall’s rich and strange abundance.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Her organization sees sheaves of Social Security numbers available as “buy-one-get-one” deals packaged with other consumer data on offer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

“Don’t folks around here have to be bringing in the sheaves or something?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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