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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
The retailer has organizers for as little as $1, including clear bins, rolling utility carts, under-bed storage, and more.
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Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Tired of dragging your bins to the curb and waking up to the roar of garbage trucks?
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Remove each game from its bulky box, snip out the logo for easy identification, and transfer the contents into clear plastic bins.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Today, in its 25th year, Clean & Safe serves 285 blocks with over 13,000 properties, where ambassadors clean sidewalks, empty trash bins, fill dog bag stations, conduct business visits and welfare checks and provide outreach to homeless.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Olsen estimates about 700-800 customers pile in to gleefully dig their silver shovels into the bins, filling their paper bags to the brim.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
In February, a fire destroyed a South Korean budget carrier Air Busan plane, which subsequently prohibited carry-on luggage containing portable chargers from being stored in overhead bins.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In the western city of Nantes, protesters blocked a highway with burning tires and bins.
—Stephane Mahe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Tired of dragging your bins to the curb and waking up to the roar of garbage trucks?
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Remove each game from its bulky box, snip out the logo for easy identification, and transfer the contents into clear plastic bins.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Today, in its 25th year, Clean & Safe serves 285 blocks with over 13,000 properties, where ambassadors clean sidewalks, empty trash bins, fill dog bag stations, conduct business visits and welfare checks and provide outreach to homeless.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Olsen estimates about 700-800 customers pile in to gleefully dig their silver shovels into the bins, filling their paper bags to the brim.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
In February, a fire destroyed a South Korean budget carrier Air Busan plane, which subsequently prohibited carry-on luggage containing portable chargers from being stored in overhead bins.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In the western city of Nantes, protesters blocked a highway with burning tires and bins.
—Stephane Mahe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bins
Noun
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The largest bank in the US, JP Morgan Chase, is among those that no longer allow new customers to rent safety deposit boxes (though continue to maintain them for existing clients) having deemed them too expensive to run.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Spans of control, layers, or boxes on a chart matter less than what the organization is known for and consistently good at.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Shots could be seen fired at windows and lockers, authorities said on Thursday.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some sat sunken in the leather roller chairs in front of their lockers.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 1975 drummer wore short neutral swim trunks as the pair took a dip in the Tyrrhenian Sea.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Not like something out of Cheever, with caterers and valet parking and Brahmins standing around in dry trunks with Martinis in their hands.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Photos shared by the DCSO show the poodles with matted, tangled hair due to a lack of grooming, with some living in crates full of feces.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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Travel home separately in crates to avoid territorial tension.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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At its least harmful, the message players wore across their chests Sunday trivializes a life-altering situation as inconsequential and secondary for those who lack the fame and platform to remind us of the permanent effects.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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In an effort to increase participation, which dropped during the COVID pandemic and has yet to fully recover, the California Coastal Commission will offer some impressive prizes hidden in small 4-inch wooden chests at cleanup sites around the state.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Bins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bins. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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