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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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Mr. Holland’s information about the sheaves of Wilde forgeries that bedeviled booksellers’ shelves in the 1930s?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 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

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

Past the bursts of carnival-candy slime mold, the salmon pearls of wolf’s milk, the tussled sheaves of chocolate tube slimes.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2020

He stocked it with her music workbooks and sheaves of invigorating Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and a selection of Chopin.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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