sheaf

as in loads
a considerable amount contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state

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Recent Examples of sheaf What to know about Ag Day on the Hill at the Tennessee State Capitol Tennessee agriculture is recognized on the Tennessee state seal, with a plow and the sheaf of a wheat and a cotton stalk, so there is a natural connection between Capitol Hill and National Ag Day. Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 19 Mar. 2024 The sheaves come from farms; inside the shed, workers assess their contents and sort them into new buckets to match 24 pages of orders tacked to the wood walls. Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025 Offerings include arts and crafts, caber toss, the haggis hurl, sheaf toss and tug of war in a non-competitive environment. Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025 Athletic competitions entice, excite Stone put, caber toss, hammer throw, sheaf toss and weight throw competitions are sure to entertain as shows of strength. Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sheaf
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Noun
  • Both teams have three games left in the season, with not a ton of room to maneuver in the standings.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • As the lead guard for Kansas State, Sundell hasn’t had a ton of catch-and-shoot opportunities, and her free-throw percentage is a little low for a pure shooter.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tuohy was a generational talent from New York who won three national cross country championships and set a slew of national high school records over her time for North Rockland.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Some new appliances have over a dozen cycles, and then there are a slew of other things to consider, including water temperature, spin speed, cycle duration, and agitation.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With an enrollment of over 45,000 students, FSU offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across more than a dozen colleges.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Witnesses described two men, later identified as Villanueva-Morales and 29-year-old Javier Alatorre, entering the bar and firing more than a dozen shots into the crowd of approximately 40 patrons.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Amazon piles all the costs of holding sets and holding actors into [the Season 1] budget.
    Michael Ausiello, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The most expensive food items at each park are nachos with a giant pile of meat and toppings.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For example, the boss tom with a bunch of hens will be hard to decoy in with a single hen.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Giants have done extensive work on a bunch of quarterbacks, as they are set to host Sanders, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Louisville’s Tyler Shough for private workouts, per FOX Sports.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Mitchell spent a chunk of the game defending Hawks star guard Trae Young, limiting him to just two field-goal attempts while guarding him for six minutes of game clock, according to NBA tracking stats.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Horned Frogs had a multitude of players like Bud Clark, Avery Helm, Vernon Glover, Major Everhart and more than that missed significant chunks of time during the spring.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • First up in the bundle is the Windows 11 Pro license key, which can upgrade two compatible PCs.
    StackCommerce Team (Sponsored), PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Get Max for free through DirectV Max is also available in a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu starting at $16.99 per month with ads — a savings of over 40 percent compared to individual subscriptions.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those figures come amid a raft of troubling economic data.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
    Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Sheaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheaf. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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