How to Use in bulk in a Sentence

in bulk

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  • Order a single pair to try out, or buy in bulk with the four- and six-packs.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
  • Because many farmers buy diesel in bulk; store hundreds of gallons on their farm.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • Buying in bulk when local produce is at its cheapest also unlocks longer-term savings.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • How often do consumers look up a single record versus analyze data in bulk?
    — Kevin Mathrani, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • One ongoing outbreak involves eggs that were produced in Texas and were sold in bulk and in grocery stores.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Washington says buying those items in bulk can help families stretch their grocery budgets.
    — Sharon Lawson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Buying in bulk means a bigger profit for Costco, and a higher volume of products will move through the store.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • There’s a reason why there’s actually a color called ‘ceiling white’ that’s sold in bulk at home improvement stores.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
  • As such, the centers routinely offer more food items for sale, both in bulk and individually.
    — Eric Adler july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • While theaters often institute purchasing limits, buckets are still poached in bulk and resold online.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • However, most thrift stores fail to capture the resale value of high-end goods, especially when they’re donated in bulk.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Lottery officials reserve the right to refuse any winnings to lottery players caught illegally buying tickets in bulk.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • The disagreements were intelligent, experienced, and specific — and reading them in bulk did not soften my view.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • While the material has been around in bulk form for decades, only recently has it been made into 2D flakes, joining the list of other van der Waals crystals.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Pattern buys a brand’s products in bulk, handles the entire selling process from setting up online storefronts to delivery logistics, and profits from selling the products at a markup.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Archive Pearl is an AI tool developed by researchers in Canada to transcribe handwritten documents in bulk.
    — Jackie Snow, IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2026
  • ProPublica found the algorithm processes claims in bulk—deciding in seconds what human reviewers once spent hours evaluating.
    — Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The suspects bought zip ties in bulk due to about five to 10 zip ties being cut open every time the child was taken out of the room, the affidavit alleged, according to WGAL.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Some reported magnetic order, unusual Hall effects, and efficient spin-charge conversion, while others found no evidence of magnetism in bulk crystals or relaxed thin films.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Those metrics made sense in a world dominated by linear broadcasting, where advertisers purchased audiences in bulk and measured success through broad demographic exposure.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The college student, who resells via his JTB Collectables business on eBay, buys Legos online in bulk and resells them to collectors.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • To clean candle jars in bulk, preheat an oven to 200°F, place candle jars on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil, let the jars warm for 15 minutes, and pour the heated wax into a throwaway cup while wearing oven mitts.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Fast, but needed extra work Google Gemini responded almost instantly and also identified opportunities to buy supplies in bulk.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While buying in bulk and taking advantage of Sam’s Club Instant Savings offerings are always a good place to start, another way to save even more is to buy products from their private brand, Member’s Mark.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
  • Meanwhile the servers strain under the weight of AI companies scraping the encyclopedia in bulk, on a roughly $180 million annual budget funded mostly by donations of between two and eleven dollars.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • They were sold in bulk and retail sizes of 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, and 60 eggs with sell- or best-by dates between July 20 and August 17.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Accio Sourcing Toolkit is a plugin for its Accio Work platform that automates tasks such as finding suppliers, comparing options, reaching out in bulk, negotiating terms and placing orders.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
  • The cottage cheese was also sold in bulk and could have been repackaged under the brand names Kesso, Quesos La Ricura, Izalco, De Mi Pueblo, and Rio Lindo.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

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