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Recent Examples of crates
Last year’s event included standout performances from artists such as Cut Chemist, along with appearances by producers and DJs digging through crates on the show floor.
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Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Officials say truckloads of antiquities were driven from the capital in 2023 — RSF members filmed themselves opening crates of mummified remains — and estimate total losses at $110 million.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
What do a nopal (a prickly pear cactus) a bicycle stand, crates, a wooden bench, a plastic table and worn knives have in common?
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
His five-acre farm once produced dozens of crates of oranges every year, but the water crisis left him struggling financially, and he was forced to sell.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
There were literally chickens in the kitchen, and crates of beer stacked up everywhere, and the bedding was horrible.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Petco is also offering up to up to $100 off two-door wire crates, 30% off select Science Diet pet food and a buy one, get one free on Tidy Cats litter.
—Jessica Moore, USA Today, 30 Nov. 2025
Look for wooden crates, Melvin suggests.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
But when wooden crates crammed with greys arrived in November 2024, there were only 113 living birds, 13 others having died on the flight.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Officials say truckloads of antiquities were driven from the capital in 2023 — RSF members filmed themselves opening crates of mummified remains — and estimate total losses at $110 million.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
What do a nopal (a prickly pear cactus) a bicycle stand, crates, a wooden bench, a plastic table and worn knives have in common?
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
His five-acre farm once produced dozens of crates of oranges every year, but the water crisis left him struggling financially, and he was forced to sell.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
There were literally chickens in the kitchen, and crates of beer stacked up everywhere, and the bedding was horrible.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Petco is also offering up to up to $100 off two-door wire crates, 30% off select Science Diet pet food and a buy one, get one free on Tidy Cats litter.
—Jessica Moore, USA Today, 30 Nov. 2025
Look for wooden crates, Melvin suggests.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
But when wooden crates crammed with greys arrived in November 2024, there were only 113 living birds, 13 others having died on the flight.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crates
wrecks
Noun
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Highway motorcycle wrecks flow into a federal database, but deaths on off-road dirt bikes don’t.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
4 Dec. 2025
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That’s the reasoning behind the steep price-tag on this bombproof crate from Gunner, which the company designed to withstand even the nastiest of wrecks.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Crates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crates. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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