as in bin
something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation
save the plastic containers from the deli for other uses
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Recent Examples of container
Start by planting the seeds in a small container; alternatively, use an old egg carton.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 May 2025
After eight or more weeks of growth the seedlings can be transplanted to small containers and eventually to the garden or larger containers.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The crops are grown, cultivated and examined for quality control in room-sized shipping containers at Goodblend’s east Austin farm.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
Meanwhile, the underlying infrastructure—spanning containers, orchestration layers and APIs—must be fortified to withstand new classes of threats.
—Anuj Tyagi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 May 2025
After eight or more weeks of growth the seedlings can be transplanted to small containers and eventually to the garden or larger containers.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The crops are grown, cultivated and examined for quality control in room-sized shipping containers at Goodblend’s east Austin farm.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
Meanwhile, the underlying infrastructure—spanning containers, orchestration layers and APIs—must be fortified to withstand new classes of threats.
—Anuj Tyagi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for container
Noun
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Bulk food bins in the back prep area were missing labels, a repeat violation.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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There were bins of sticker rolls, and each wall was lined with tons and tons of stickers.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. and the like are also trying to sort through major concerns about how generative A.I. software is built, how copyright holders are compensated and how unions might react.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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As a financial institution, our role is to follow the direction of our account holder.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Zia Shaked, 11, who said her favorite activity was reading, had spent the morning with her mother stuffing five bags full of the weeds that had been uprooted by her younger brother and cousin.—
Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The Siesta's rectangular cut makes for a much roomier, more comfortable bag.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 May 2025
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The truck was stopped outside William Rogers Middle School in Kings Park around 6:30 a.m. when someone spotted a man inside the truck’s trash receptacle, WABC reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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The votes are then treated like all the others, placed one by one on a plate that sits over an urn used to hold ballots and then tipped into the receptacle.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel spoke with Sensenbrenner on Thursday about what boaters can do to mitigate the potential for explosions that can shatter a recreational vessel within seconds.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Since the discovery, divers have recovered three sets of remains from the sunken vessel and transported them to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for positive identification and autopsy.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Navigate the map to a specific address or intersection by searching for it in the search box at the bottom of the map.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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The Caribbean nation roughly a third of the size of Rhode Island checks every box and does so with an effortless elegance.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In a sleek, lilac bottle, the elegant formula is also made with silk extract.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
24 May 2025
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Unlike flowers that may send your recipient running for a vase or a bottle of wine that requires chilling, a puzzle can sit out on a picnic table all afternoon, no harm, no foul.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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“Container.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/container. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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