passel

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as in ton
a considerable amount a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer

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Recent Examples of passel Silos can pop quickly, bringing a passel of problems with them. Neena Newberry, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Now, to win back some smaller passel of rights, Warner will have to wage a legal war against a one-time partner that seems eager to move on to new teammates. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2024 The goal was to create a farm-to-table business and supply the restaurants with produce and meat from a passel of pigs from the orchard. Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024 On Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched its 42nd rocket of the year, carrying yet another passel of Starlink satellites into orbit. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for passel
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Noun
  • In Sacramento, a new batch of state lawmakers, elected partly by mad-as-hell voters and unscarred by past legislative battles over permitting changes, may be newly receptive to making big changes too.
    CalMatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Well, this hard cider kit is easy to use and makes three batches of tart, dry cider.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Before launching an influential solo career, Wheesung made his industry debut in 1999 as a member of the four-piece group A4.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
  • In an analysis released last month, the group found that 97% of the 241 cities analyzed saw a warming trend for the season.
    Shafaq Patel, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That seems like a ton to pay a guy who did not even start on his own team last year.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • After a ton of speculation on her appearance, Millie Bobby Brown went out in full force to call out those who criticized her appearance.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Another wavelength grouping is thought to come from higher in the atmosphere and patchy clouds of silicates.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But a cluster of countries — a cluster of liberal democracies, confident in their values and armed to the teeth — could make a significant contribution.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
  • By calculating the positions of nearby stellar clusters through time, the researchers identified two main suspects that could have housed the supernova progenitor.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both films are directed by Rob Reiner, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap in the latest outing.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Among rock bands, Soundgarden is the clear favorite, polling fourth with about 120,000 votes.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has launched dozens of high-value payloads for NASA, and this launch was no different.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Passel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passel. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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