Denise MinaLisa Green and Tracy ConnerNote: BIN frequently precedes perfect (see perfect entry 1 sense 5) verb forms, as well as progressive (see progressive entry 1 sense 6) verb forms ending in -ing. It can also precede the African American English feature perfective done, additional predicates (such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositional phrases), and, in certain contexts, adverbial phrases.
Examples of bin in a Sentence
Megan Schaltegger, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
To clean the brush holder: Put it in a bucket or bin in the bathtub.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
They were then seen chucking bins of empty bottles and garbage into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving a trail of trash behind, video shows.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 4 May 2024
The group of 13 students has since taken on the role of campus role models, reminding and encouraging students which bins are appropriate for landfill trash, food waste and recyclables.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
The plants, which were discarded in a bin, gave off a smell of muddy decay.
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On the other side of the bridge, the water flowed through a structure made up of dozens of metal panels arranged in a zigzag formation.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Place three side by side as snack bins for kiddos, corral cleaning products under the kitchen sink, or place small kitchen tools in a deep drawer.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
Get started with templates for You can create content bins based on search terms, too.
—PCMAG, 1 May 2024
Police said Gibert was also seen on video surveillance placing the pipe allegedly used to kill Dos Passos — which was later retrieved by law enforcement — in a trash bin.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
The inner screen camera has a 32MP sensor and shoots 8MP shots (binned by a factor of four).
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
The main camera captures approximately 48MP images that are binned down by four to produce 12MP jpegs.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
The result is an effective 48 megapixels of resolution which is designed to output binned 12-megapixel stills.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 May 2023
In fact, after five failures in seven orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle, the company binned that design.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
Just bin it with the Articles and Native peace treaties.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis.
—Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 25 June 2021
The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes.
—Kim Velsey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
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“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bin. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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