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as in bin
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed
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as in cupboard
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable
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Recent Examples of locker
The most central girls’ bathroom was on the first floor, at the back of the school, around the corner from the corridor of orange lockers that belonged to the lower schoolers.
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Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Magnesium, creatine and electrolyte gummies are formulated to deliver meaningful active levels while remaining palatable enough to fit in someone’s bag or gym locker.
—Wyles Daniel, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Two days before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships, Nancy Kerrigan was walking to her locker after practice when she was clubbed above the knee by a stranger.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
In 1975: At New York’s LaGuardia Airport, at least 11 people died and 74 others were hurt in a bombing that officials said involved a bag with about two dozen sticks of dynamite left in a public locker near a baggage claim area used by Delta and Trans World airlines.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Magnesium, creatine and electrolyte gummies are formulated to deliver meaningful active levels while remaining palatable enough to fit in someone’s bag or gym locker.
—Wyles Daniel, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Two days before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships, Nancy Kerrigan was walking to her locker after practice when she was clubbed above the knee by a stranger.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
In 1975: At New York’s LaGuardia Airport, at least 11 people died and 74 others were hurt in a bombing that officials said involved a bag with about two dozen sticks of dynamite left in a public locker near a baggage claim area used by Delta and Trans World airlines.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locker
Noun
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Philadelphia car owners have used folding tables and plastic bins.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investigators, one of whom wore a Pima County Sheriff's Department vest, took equipment out of plastic bins in a truck.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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And if that fails, prioritize the long term good and start squirreling away assets that serve the dual purpose of filling your trade-chip cupboard and increasing your odds of landing a lottery pick in a 2026 draft that’s likely to be rich in talent.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Open cupboards and vanities to warm pipes.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
27 Jan. 2026
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The coal is usually placed in boxes that are hoisted to the surface with pulleys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Longhorns also created 10 suites in Belmont Hall, where the press box used to be, and sold them for $10 million each.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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An infant girl was found dead in a duffel bag stuffed in a closet of her family’s Brooklyn apartment — and her mother has been arrested for hiding the body, police said Monday.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Built in 1996 and located in the Bittersweet Woods neighborhood, the house has 2 1/2 bathrooms, custom closets in each bedroom and a primary bedroom suite with waterfall-edge vanities, an electric fireplace, a body-spray shower and a jetted tub.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The vehicle’s design has been refined ever so slightly to account for these changes, and there’s more room inside, though trunk space leaves something to be desired in the top-of-the-line GT 63 S E Performance thanks to its hybrid system.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
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Two small pumpkins taking up most of the Purosangue's petite trunk volume.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Among the documents is an email exchange from 2009 in which Mandelson, while serving as business secretary in Brown’s government, appeared to leak to Epstein detailed policy measures that the cabinet was considering in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Southern cooks are not shy with the spice cabinet.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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Some infections also lead to respiratory symptoms like cough and abnormal chest X-rays.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Shane was baby-faced and short, and couldn’t grow proper facial hair, and barely had any chest hair.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Locker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locker. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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