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Recent Examples of basket
By Thursday afternoon, McKenzie’s basket of laundry was still sitting in front of the washing machine in the laundry room, untouched.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Wood hanging baskets won’t leave marks on your fruit that wire or wicker baskets can.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The southpaw forward has a good shooting touch around the basket but doesn’t have the power or explosiveness to be a low-block scorer against bigs.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Johnson is back from a shin injury and attacking the basket.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Wood hanging baskets won’t leave marks on your fruit that wire or wicker baskets can.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The southpaw forward has a good shooting touch around the basket but doesn’t have the power or explosiveness to be a low-block scorer against bigs.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Johnson is back from a shin injury and attacking the basket.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket
Noun
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On a bluff in Pacific Palisades, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, sit the Eames House and workshop, their rectangular structures nestled between the trunks of century-old eucalyptus trees.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Apr. 2025
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Amidst clips of blooming flowers, ocean waves, and tree trunks, however, eagle-eyed well-wishers also noticed two dogs walking behind a man presumed to be William in the video.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Photos taken by Reuters in Birmingham this month show mounds of uncollected trash overflowing from collection bins and dumpsters.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Place bins under the sink that are designated for bath, hand, and face towels.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Cut to an old service elevator with a big, black crate sitting at its center.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and switches on the front.—
Monica Nickelsburg,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The affected ravioli were packaged in 9 7/8-ounce plastic trays sealed with film and enclosed in a paperboard carton.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Two drivers were making a scheduled delivery when the suspects stole the cartons from the truck’s cargo area, according to Kleven.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hader unleashed a slider that started in the zone and ended in the right-handed batter’s box.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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On entry, the room looks like an Amazon warehouse, with boxes piled to the ceiling.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Luggage: Passengers can leave bags at a drop-off point in the parking garage.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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With no Gentile doctor yet in place, Bernstein packs his bags and instruments and takes Room 22 at the Hotel Tüffer.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As the limos drove Biggie’s casket through the streets with family and friends, thousands of New Yorkers and fans flooded the streets.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Thousands of people line the street to watch and pay their respects as the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas pass by with the family in minibuses behind them on its way to the funeral on February 26, 2025 in Rishon LeZion, Israel.—
Tovah Lazaroff,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Like every archival clip Yousef includes in her documentary (culled from thousands of hours of footage found in a company storage locker), these selections are meticulously curated and highly revealing.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
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Nearly 70 live and dead German cockroaches were observed around the facility, including at a prep counter, on staff lockers and on a can of tomato sauce, according to the report.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Basket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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