as in box
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a storage bin for hats and gloves put plastics in this recycling bin, and glass in that one
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Recent Examples of bin
Cardmembers and up to 8 passengers in the same reservation will board with Group 5 giving them earlier access to overhead bins.
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Store produce or other items, such as bread, in the wire bin, and use the top for spices.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
Once processed, the sample is dropped down into a bin between two refrigerated ice packs that keep the sample at the right temperature.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
An apex predator was spotted on home surveillance video after hopping a fence into a California home’s yard — and using some recycling bins as a personal staircase.
—Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Store produce or other items, such as bread, in the wire bin, and use the top for spices.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
Once processed, the sample is dropped down into a bin between two refrigerated ice packs that keep the sample at the right temperature.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
An apex predator was spotted on home surveillance video after hopping a fence into a California home’s yard — and using some recycling bins as a personal staircase.
—Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bin
Noun
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Sometimes, the bodies are surrounded by pizza boxes.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Altra Lone Peaks are designed with a wide toe box and a zero-drop style to provide your feet with a barefoot feel.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But there is plenty that states can do, such as requiring more thorough background checks, instating a thirty-day waiting period, banning assault weapons, taxing the sale of firearms and ammunition, promoting gun storage in lockers, and prohibiting open carry.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Evidence that once sat dormant in an evidence locker now has the power to speak.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The nave rises like a forest canopy, supported by branching stone trunks, which supports Gaudí’s vision to bring the natural world in.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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Abbott, a 37-year-old Detroiter, recalls being in an elementary school play dressed in an elephant costume his mother made using a water sprinkler for the trunk as the spark.—
Ryan Garza,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the video, a man wearing a skull mask and military goggles mounts a camera to his chest and displays his artillery.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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One of the pair holds up a knife to the other’s throat while the other places a placating hand to the other’s chest.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Because by the time Schmitt slid down to the crash, Buddy’s soft-side, zippered crate was still strapped in the bed, but the pointer wasn’t in there.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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There were reportedly two dog crates in the living room with feces coating the floors, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bin. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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