turkeys
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pluralof turkey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
turkeynouna large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
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Amid a last-minute spike in demand, nearby grocery warehouses were used to ship enough turkeys to stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A few years ago, during the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday rush, workers in one of the new automated California grocery warehouses realized that its robotic arms fumbled large frozen turkeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Most frozen turkeys were trucked to stores before diesel’s sharpest increases, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
In 2007, Niman and Hahn Niman started BN Ranch, specializing in organic, grass-fed beef and heritage turkeys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The valley floor was carpeted with turkeys, it seemed like millions of them, so densely packed that they covered the earth.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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