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noun

bulk

CEFR C1

the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

In a sentence

Six example sentences with bulk, each labelled with its topic.

  • The bulk of the company's revenue still comes from two aging contracts, and neither will renew after March.

    Business

  • The bulk of the plastic pulled from the river was packaging, with fishing gear making up a small remainder.

    Environment

  • Because the bulk of the archive burned in 1904, historians reconstruct the period from letters held in private homes.

    History

  • The bulk of her savings sits in an index fund, with a small slice kept in cash for emergencies.

    Finance

  • The bulk of his points came in the fourth quarter, when the defense had tired and stopped closing out.

    Basketball

  • The bulk of the country's exports is still coffee, so one bad harvest shows up immediately in the trade figures.

    Economics

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