Thesaurus results for BOXES

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noun (1)

plural of box

as in bins

a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things filled a whole box with books

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as in coffins

a boxlike container for holding a dead body the only way I'm ever leaving this hospital room is in a box

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as in TVs

an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound would you switch on the box so that we can watch the news?

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as in pickles

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box

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noun (2)

plural of box

as in punches

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear

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verb

present tense third-person singular of box

as in clips

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner his mother threatened to box his ears if he didn't show a bit more respect

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Recent Examples of boxes

Noun

The faceless, hulking boxes have become a proxy for the whole argument about AI—its water use, its demands on power and land, the question of who benefits from it all. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 At Alle’s claw machine, folks took turns trying their luck at grabbing boxes containing reward codes. — Eden Stuart, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026 Unusually for an executive of such power, Daunt, who is sixty-three, spent more than twenty years running his own bookshops in the leafy parts of London—lugging boxes, placing orders, and performing other Meg Ryan-ish chores. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 With its orange boxes and quirky prints, Hermès could be seen as whimsical, but it was usually associated with uptight parents and grandparents. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026 This is where Battlebots come in, those miniature mechanical smashing machines that evade each other (as well as giant killsaws, pulverizers and screws) while humans try directing them via joystick boxes. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026 But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Behind a long counter, a cluster of chefs slice fish for nigiri, and splay more tiles of tuna and salmon over boxes of sushi rice for chirashi. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Six days a week, produce arrives at the nonprofit’s headquarters and is assembled into colorful boxes. — Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Verb

Guests learned about red panda conservation and were able to support the zoo’s red pandas through special animal adoption boxes available for purchase. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 Pack in a picnic lunch from Ventura’s Harbor Cove Cafe, which boxes up sandwiches and snacks for visitors to the Channel Islands. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the pursuit of a cleaner interface boxes you into one that will not grow with the feature pathways that emerge. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, Johnson signed an executive order that boxes out problem vendors that don't more tightly regulate against straw purchases. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Brlan said the planter boxes along with artificial turf, plants and soil supplied by Uplift Property Management were a huge addition to the new garden. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 The cardboard boxes the food is packaged in are also being resold online, with one user selling them for $15 each. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Here’s how Bloodhounds Season 2 boxes its way to a brutal conclusion. — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Apr. 2026 Nick Phillips, with Applied Digital, said the tax exemption ban effectively boxes out data centers from building in South Dakota. — Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 19 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxes

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Officers used tear gas as tensions flared sporadically in the neighborhood, with small groups of people trying to set bicycles and trash bins on fire.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
As night fell, police clashed with protesters in central Tirana, clearing streets littered with rocks as tear gas and smoke from burning trash bins filled the air.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of bins

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The farm offers a punch card to residents for $18 and is good for up to 14 punches or around 21 bags of debris.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Hadribeaj attacked the body early, crouching beneath Fundora’s punches and landing looping shots over the top.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of punches

Verb

Which is why golf buddies Tyler Kenney and Zach Smith founded Laced Golf, a digital device that clips onto your shoelaces and gives you real-time feedback on your stance using lights and haptic vibration.

— Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026

Definition of clips

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Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026