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- noun Plural form of
bulk . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bulk .
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Examples
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So that, I think, when we talk of division of bodies in infinitum, our idea of their distinct bulks, which is the subject and foundation of division, comes, after a little progression, to be confounded, and almost lost in obscurity.
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Independent, while there were 4,813 subscription sales, 47,233 distributed as so-called "bulks" or at a cheaper rate to gyms and hotels, with foreign sales accounting for 39,287.
Lebedev Says Deal for U.K. Independent to Close Soon Will Bland 2010
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Independent, while there were 4,813 subscription sales, 47,233 distributed as so-called "bulks" or at a cheaper rate to gyms and hotels, with foreign sales accounting for 39,287.
Lebedev Says Deal for U.K. Independent to Close Soon Will Bland 2010
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In a short time he had arranged a door from the chamber above "Marse Hesden's room," and the task of nursing the stricken man back to life and such health as he might thereafter have, was carried on by the faithful band of watchers in the dim light of the old attic and amid the spicy odor of the "bulks" of tobacco, which was stored there awaiting a favorable market.
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Joe, you seem to be dealing in "bulks," now; the "bulk" of the farmers and U.S. S.nators are "honest."
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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Joe, you seem to be dealing in "bulks," now; the "bulk" of the farmers and U.S. S.nators are "honest."
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) Mark Twain 1872
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For years newspapers have been giving their paper editions away for free - on airlines and in other high-traffic locations - on the basis that these "bulks" will increase circulation figures and will in turn drive more advertising.
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For years newspapers have been giving their paper editions away for free - on airlines and in other high-traffic locations - on the basis that these "bulks" will increase circulation figures and will in turn drive more advertising.
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February ABCs: Quality papers rely the most on 'bulks'
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Hesden's room, "and the task of nursing the stricken man back to life and such health as he might thereafter have, was carried on by the faithful band of watchers in the dim light of the old attic and amid the spicy odor of the" bulks "of tobacco, which was stored there awaiting a favorable market.
Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871
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