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Recent Examples of basket
More generally, for every meal that a food bank provides, SNAP covers nine meals, and thus emergency food assistance, while critical, falls far short of filling the monthly grocery basket of SNAP households.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Retailers don’t want to put all their eggs in the same basket.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
This is an open grid to hold the food that folds shut to form a basket.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, the bank removed LegalZoom and Scholar Rock from its basket.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Retailers don’t want to put all their eggs in the same basket.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
This is an open grid to hold the food that folds shut to form a basket.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, the bank removed LegalZoom and Scholar Rock from its basket.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket
Noun
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For trees with dark, thin bark, install tree wraps around the trunk from the base of the soil line up to the tree’s lowest branches.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
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Long-haul trips require something heavy-duty; a trunk, like the best-selling anodized aluminum one from Rimowa, will keep all your travel essentials secure for the duration of your trip.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cardoza was seen sitting on a bench after fleeing, removing his pants and throwing them in a garbage bin, which investigators were able to recover, Docks said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Cordoza even went as far as removing his pants and tossing them in a garbage bin, Dox said, while Patterson removed his sweatshirt and sweatpants and stuffed them into his shorts, per the affidavit.—
Michael Dorgan , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The crash caused wooden crates to become dislodged and several monkeys to escape into the roadside median.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Playing with a favorite toy or going to their crate can replace barking to greet guests.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Vampire Nuggets – Crispy chicken nuggets shaped like vampire fangs and bats served in a carton designed as a coffin.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Flower farmers pack them in shoulder to shoulder, like eggs in a carton.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mahmoud also allegedly purchased a rifle and two boxes of ammunition with more than 800 rounds in each box.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Anything from a bag of rice to beans, anything's gonna help.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Flight attendants say to pack smart by using packing cubes and putting heavier items at the bottom of your bag.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stand on your seats and give it up for a genre that refused to flatline, even when the think pieces already had the casket picked out.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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The concept sells niches to hold urns, similar to buying a cemetery plot for a casket.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The firework went off inside a wooden locker in the fourth-floor research laboratory, which is part of the Department of Neurobiology, according to an affidavit.—
Michael Dorgan , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Keystone ensures the Walkabout 26 Max exterior works as the most loyal of multi-adventure partners, starting with a huge pass-through front storage locker made possible by the drop frame.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Basket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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