as in package
a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped
a bale of cotton/paper
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Recent Examples of bale
Like Haňťa’s bales, those postcards are art.
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Rabih Alameddine
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Carroll County Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services continued to work on the scene with the farm owners to break apart the remains of the building and debris from the fire, such as small fires stuck in bales of hay.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
Each bale comes with an origin country and rough description about the contents—jeans, leather jackets, sneakers—alongside an A-to-C quality grading, which in turn reflects the price charged.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
One bale of pine straw covers about 40 square feet.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
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Rabih Alameddine
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Carroll County Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services continued to work on the scene with the farm owners to break apart the remains of the building and debris from the fire, such as small fires stuck in bales of hay.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
Each bale comes with an origin country and rough description about the contents—jeans, leather jackets, sneakers—alongside an A-to-C quality grading, which in turn reflects the price charged.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
One bale of pine straw covers about 40 square feet.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bale
Noun
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The lucrative pay package would only take effect if Musk completes a series of goals in the coming years.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stepping up to the next package, the $529 Video Essentials package comes with everything in the Security Starter system and also gives you a choice of a Nest Doorbell or a Google Nest Cam.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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Beyond sports-specific performance metrics, biomechanics research has long shown that altering the properties of playing surfaces changes muscle stiffness, joint loading and range of motion.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Free reMarkable mobile and desktop apps allow for loading in notes and documents needed for the coming work day.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Sep. 2025
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The upshot for 2025 is that there’s no single mechanism; rather, a bundle of competing processes can occasionally give the hotter sample a head start.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Frontier and Spirit have started offering more bundles that include seats and baggage as well as more upmarket offerings like seats with more personal space.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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During the pandemic, Liu’s mother gave her a packet of report cards from her youth in New York City.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Check the seed packet for the average size of the heads.—
Amy Brightfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the only reason Oracle is in this position is down to Ellison’s courting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, which has allowed his company, previously a distinct back-of-the-pack cloud company, to secure a massive stockpile of top-of-the-line Nvidia GPUs.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Morro Bay was once a bustling port city that primarily dealt in the shipment of dairy and beef from the local ranches in the area.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately the shipment came through, however, Gasich said three of her lines from the UK, Spain and France recently canceled their shipments, which contained most of her shop’s Halloween and holiday items.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles have acquired running back Tank Bigsby from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a fifth and sixth-round pick in the 2026 draft.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Things seemed to briefly improve, with the draft 2026 budget unveiled last month projecting both a lower deficit and higher growth.—
Grace Sihombing,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Bale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bale. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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