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Recent Examples of basket
Instead of receiving a diversified basket of stocks, the investor typically gets back their original shares — up to the value of their interest in the fund.
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Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
In their weekly Wanted Wednesday post, officers shared a photo of the suspect walking down a store aisle with a basket and a shopping bag in his hands just days before New Year's Eve at the store on Irvine Center Drive.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Towns set a terrific screen and Jordan Clarkson drove to the basket for a 3-point play.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Friars, boasting the Big East’s leading shot-blocker in Oswin Erhunmwunse, owned the area under the basket.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
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Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
In their weekly Wanted Wednesday post, officers shared a photo of the suspect walking down a store aisle with a basket and a shopping bag in his hands just days before New Year's Eve at the store on Irvine Center Drive.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Towns set a terrific screen and Jordan Clarkson drove to the basket for a 3-point play.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Friars, boasting the Big East’s leading shot-blocker in Oswin Erhunmwunse, owned the area under the basket.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket
Noun
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Foster wore a blue bikini set, while Jackman selected a pair of floral swim trunks.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
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Sutton donned a navy blue bikini with a matching swim skirt, while Jackman rocked black-and-white swim trunks with a tropical floral design.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And keep your in-flight essentials like headphones, sleep mask, e-reader, and other tech tools together in your personal item that stays with you at the seat rather than in the overhead bin.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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The set comes with three small bins and one larger one; use them to neatly stow socks, bras, and underwear.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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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In a bit that must have taken quite a bit of rehearsal, the milk cartons danced in unison to the song until a larger milk carton appeared above the stage that dumped a sheet of milk onto them, freeing the dancers from the containers.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Jan. 2026
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Remember when a carton of eggs was $6 or more in February — if the shelves weren’t empty?—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And don’t overlook L’Epicerie du Metropole, a petite pâtisserie and gourmet food shop that sells French pastries, handmade chocolates, and (when in season) gorgeous Metropole mooncake gift boxes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tissue boxes were brought to the families as the testimony began.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Fast-forward to them being pulled over by the side of the boarding line, having to hurriedly transfer essentials between their personal item bag and their carry-on.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As his casket was escorted to the Maranatha Baptist Church, which had become something of a second home to him, the whole community lined the familiar streets with signs of affection toward their local hero.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Asked organizers if there will be a body inside the casket.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Kendricks spoke Wednesday at his locker directly across from Fred Warner, the four-time All-Pro who sustained a right-ankle fracture three months ago and is working toward an improbable comeback should the 49ers reach the NFC Championship round.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Some Georgia districts are already using locking pouches, but schools could also just tell students to leave their phone in their locker, to turn them in to a teacher, or disable them using an online application.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Basket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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