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talent bucket
 n.— «The minutes reveal that some of the 700 detectives will be placed in a “bucket” of talent and handpicked to work in special “strike forces” according to their rank and skill. “The organised crime task force program will operate as a bucket with all staff in it and “strike forces’ will be formed from that bucket.» —“Crime squads in talent ‘bucket’” by Jennifer Ezzy Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) Mar. 12, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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