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Recent Examples of crate
In the meantime, owners of naughty dogs can take preventive steps such as placing a baby gate at the entrance or a crate by the door.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Bob Dylan is really digging in the crates.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Sep. 2025
The crates had numbers stencilled on them and were piled to the ceiling.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Bob Dylan is really digging in the crates.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Sep. 2025
The crates had numbers stencilled on them and were piled to the ceiling.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crate
Noun
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The scene deteriorated further when Grosjean failed to emerge from the wreck.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Evidence from the wreck supports this.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There, beside the shiplike hulk of the Basilica of San Petronio—which is a work in progress, the foundation stone having been laid in 1390, and which somebody really should get around to finishing one of these days—was a vast white screen.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Like the port-holes of a hulk, Human spiders spin and spin, Backward down their threads so thin Dropping, each a hempen bulk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He’s left to be the beater in the tynchal rather than represent the Frasers in the hunt, and, wow, even the way this guy bangs on that drum is depressing.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Perched in the top of a palm tree, Fred was waiting for the beaters to drive the tiger past.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If plain water isn’t your thing, add a squeeze of lemon or fruit slices.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Manchester left them in the cooler and jammed a lemon slicer in the frame.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stan would then state how urgently this jalopy was in need of cleaning, and Sandra might remark dryly how men never change.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Crate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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