baskets

plural of basket

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for baskets
Noun
  • New recycling bins in a lighter shade of blue will come later.
    Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • For those who don’t love the look of canvas storage bins and wardrobe boxes, look for an under-bed storage set.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the time of their release, the cougars both bolted to freedom after rescuers opened the crates’ doors, photos from the nonprofit show.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When the Plainfield Police Department responded to an animal cruelty call in April 2023, officers found two emaciated dogs in barren crates.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In our part of the world, lichens are commonly seen in orange, blue-green, yellow, or white and may be seen growing on the trunks of certain trees, especially oaks.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Each of the trees slated for removal can be spotted by passersby due to a white or blue dot painted on their trunks.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By the time Cubs manager Craig Counsell exercised a quick hook after Fermin’s one-out, fifth-inning single, shadows had enveloped both batter’s boxes.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Average caskets run between $2,000 and $5,000 in the United States, but some made of mahogany, bronze or copper can cost upward of $10,000, according to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Consumer Advice department.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The group staged a mock funeral procession in January 2021, with doctors carrying caskets on their shoulders, representing 384 people who had died in the nation’s smallest state of an overdose the previous year.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • No large bags, backpacks or duffle bags are allowed at the park.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Her son helps clip succulents and pick pumpkins and in the past his friends have gotten involved in helping assemble the gift bags.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Marte watches as assistant hitting coach Rafael Fernandez stops by the lockers, checking in with young players about times for taking on-field batting practice.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • At Kathleen Lake, food and anything else that carries a scent like toiletries must be stored safely away from curious bears, and the park provides bear-proof lockers.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Carolina has a league-worst two sacks — and one of those was by Turk Wharton on a Drake Maye scramble Sunday for no gain.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, there were also some negatives and a lack of quick decisions that resulted in far too many sacks.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Baskets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baskets. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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