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Recent Examples of pails
First introduced in 1986, the pails replace the standard Happy Meal box and can be used for trick-or-treating.
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Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The right diapers and creams are a godsend for cleanup, while easy-to-wipe down changing pads and diaper pails make nighttimes a little more seamless.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The right diapers and creams are a godsend for cleanup, while easy-to-wipe down changing pads and diaper pails make nighttimes a little more seamless.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pails
buckets
Noun
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Mop buckets not emptied after use.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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The starters sometimes ran even after Hawks buckets.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Pails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pails. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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