Warren Buffett

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.

American Businessman

Joseph Brodsky

I simply think that water is the image of time, and every New Year's Eve, in somewhat pagan fashion, I try to find myself near water, preferably near a sea or an ocean, to watch the emergence of a new helping, a new cupful of time from it.

American Poet

Wynonna Judd

You have to fill your cup. You then give away the overflowing, but you keep a cupful for yourself.

American Musician

A 'cupful' refers to a fixed unit of measure in recipes, equivalent to 8 fluid ounces in the US.

Measurement Unit

'Cupful' can imply precision in baking but can be approximate in everyday language.

Exactness Varies

Although 'cupful' often relates to liquids, it's also used for solids like flour or sugar.

Cupful

The amount that a cup can hold.

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Measurement Unit

Exactness Varies

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