basket

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for basket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The crash caused wooden crates to become dislodged and several monkeys to escape into the roadside median.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Playing with a favorite toy or going to their crate can replace barking to greet guests.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Flower farmers pack them in shoulder to shoulder, like eggs in a carton.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Anything from a bag of rice to beans, anything's gonna help.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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