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as in bin
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a small casket of jewels
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Recent Examples of casket
In one jaw-dropping sequence, a dead body falls out of a casket during a wake, only for another character to lick up the fluid that pours out.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
That day, hundreds parked at the sports complex named in his honor to take shuttle buses to view his casket at the library.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Members of the New Mexico National Guard Funeral Honors Team received his casket in Albuquerque.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Emma held a Chicago Bulls hat, the one her brother will wear inside his casket.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 12 Apr. 2026
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
That day, hundreds parked at the sports complex named in his honor to take shuttle buses to view his casket at the library.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Members of the New Mexico National Guard Funeral Honors Team received his casket in Albuquerque.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Emma held a Chicago Bulls hat, the one her brother will wear inside his casket.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casket
Noun
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The final nail in the coffin may have been Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, a 2012 juggernaut that primed the public for twisty, femme-centric thrillers—a hunger that still hasn’t faded.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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Just four years later, the LIV players are learning that another business decision might be the final nail in the coffin of the whole endeavor.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The large bin is 12 inches by 7 inches by 5 inches, and it’s topped with a smaller bamboo bin.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Torres-García’s body was found in a plastic bin in October.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But in a break with recent precedent, the MOD said no military hardware will roll past Lenin’s tomb this year.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Along one wall ran hundreds of gray, two-tier lockers.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This season, his locker mate is making Ramírez look like an oracle.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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People drove up and opened trunks to reveal boxes and shopping bags full of ancient yellowed papers.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Wacha felt his chain break after the A’s Carlos Cortes had stepped into the batter’s box.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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People drove up and opened trunks to reveal boxes and shopping bags full of ancient yellowed papers.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Hernandez’s badly decomposed body was found in the trunk of Burke’s Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard in September.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Investigators said the argument escalated into a physical fight when the female suspect began swinging and striking the victim in the chest and head and then pulling her hair.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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Changing this simple action may go a long way in preventing that burning feeling in the chest.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casket. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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