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Recent Examples of carton
Etan was one of the first – and remains one of the most notorious – children featured as missing on the side of milk cartons.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Little Etan’s cherubic face was one of the first to appear on the side of a milk carton in the 1980s campaign to find missing children.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
The Osbournes have five dogs — Minnie, Maggie, Lulu, Teddy and an unnamed new dog — all of them shrimpy little things about the size of a carton of cigarettes.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
All expiration dates are included in the recall, with markings located on the bottom of each carton.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Little Etan’s cherubic face was one of the first to appear on the side of a milk carton in the 1980s campaign to find missing children.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
The Osbournes have five dogs — Minnie, Maggie, Lulu, Teddy and an unnamed new dog — all of them shrimpy little things about the size of a carton of cigarettes.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
All expiration dates are included in the recall, with markings located on the bottom of each carton.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carton
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
Noun
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The impetus is also on apparel firms to produce higher quality products that don’t fade or fall apart in months, as well as for consumers to wear clothes for longer, repair rather than discard old garments, and only deposit still wearable items into those recycling bins.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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Police said a woman was found unresponsive with her head trapped in the deposit mechanism of a donation bin in Lodi, Calif., on Aug 5.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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John Derderian, Vice President of Series, Animation, Kids and Family at Netflix, said in the news release that his kids like the subscription boxes and Rober’s work.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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These convenient milk boxes are crafted with organic milk and provide 32mg of DHA omega-3 per serving, supporting brain and eye health, says Manaker.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
19 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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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
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The Publishing House Bed and Breakfast, erected in 1909, was once the Free Methodist Publishing House, a casket factory and a holograph museum.—
Brian E. Clark,
Chicago Tribune,
17 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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This cup caddy attaches to the handle of your rolling suitcase to hold up to two drinks.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Aug. 2025
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Better solutions include rinsing out the cap in a sink and adding a sink caddy to hold the cap in your laundry room.—
Kendall Bettle,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Carton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carton. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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