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Sorting the orchard harvest

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Sentence 1 Fruit picked in May and fruit picked in October did not give us ____ samples. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents similar, analogous, broadly equivalent

Sentence 2 The grocer prized ____ in the display, so every pear had to fit the same shallow tray. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents consistency, sameness, regularity

Sentence 3 One tree flowered in November, an ____ worth recording in the orchard log. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents exception, irregularity, oddity

Sentence 4 The inspector had no reason to ____ a perfectly edible pear to the waste bin. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents send, relegate, dispatch

Sentence 5 A red stripe was the only ____ from the usual green skin. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents departure, variation, divergence

Sentence 6 The grower tagged the one ____ branch that produced yellow fruit on a red-fruited tree. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents atypical, anomalous, unusual

Sentence 7 Counting seeds by hand grew ____ long before the last apple was cut. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents tiresome, monotonous, wearisome

Sentence 8 Taste was the only ____ the children used to choose a winner. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents standard, benchmark, yardstick