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bins

noun

plural of bin

as in boxes

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 bins First, ensure trash bins are tightly sealed and stored a few feet away from your home, since open waste easily attracts mice or rats. — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 1 Nov. 2026 And the city has removed many of the huge street-corner bins where Parisians are accustomed to dropping their empty wine and beer bottles. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Examples include requiring animal-proof trash bins in bear country or shorter showers during drought restrictions. — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 The company makes trash and recycling bins there from raw materials. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026 Most of the candy is in spotless Plexiglas bins, hundreds of them, and throughout the shop are fresh confections such as ice cream, sodas, a chocolate fountain. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 That’s because the bins open upward and away from the aisle rather than downward toward it, eliminating the groove where the handrail would typically be. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2026 Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 California residents doing routine yard cleanup can place leaves and branches in their curbside organic waste containers, which are often green bins, according to the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery. — Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of dry storage area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
In dozens of Associated Press interviews with people who cast ballots at advance polling places or drop boxes across the country, the angst was palpable, most sharply from those who oppose Trump but also from many who support him.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of boxes

Noun

In almost every constellation of friends, at least a few were swiping and typing despite a state policy requiring devices be switched off and stored in lockers during school hours.

— Oscar Schwartz, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
The malicious system component silently installs apps that look like weather tools, app lockers and other everyday utilities.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of lockers

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In the riverbed, towering bald cypress trees now stood at a lean, their branches swept back by a 30-foot surge of water and mud, their trunks still plastered with debris.

— Francesca D’Annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026
The chips were made from trees killed in the 2020 Castle fire, an inferno that left thousands of acres of standing dead trunks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of trunks

Noun

Dealers will be allowed to bring packing crates into the Grand Palais after the fair closes Friday, but no one will be permitted inside on Saturday, sources said.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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