Thesaurus results for CARTONS

cartons

noun

plural of carton

as in crates

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Recent Examples of cartons The company reported that 960 cartons were recalled, with each carton containing 84 pods. — Greta Cross, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026 In a bit that must have taken quite a bit of rehearsal, the milk cartons danced in unison to the song until a larger milk carton appeared above the stage that dumped a sheet of milk onto them, freeing the dancers from the containers. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
The crates of scented rose petals littering the studio help too.

— Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of crates

Noun

Officers used tear gas as tensions flared sporadically in the neighborhood, with small groups of people trying to set bicycles and trash bins on fire.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
As night fell, police clashed with protesters in central Tirana, clearing streets littered with rocks as tear gas and smoke from burning trash bins filled the air.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of bins

Noun

The faceless, hulking boxes have become a proxy for the whole argument about AI—its water use, its demands on power and land, the question of who benefits from it all.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
At Alle’s claw machine, folks took turns trying their luck at grabbing boxes containing reward codes.

— Eden Stuart, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of boxes

Noun

There is also the new travel-sized Mignon and exclusive Limousine trunks.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
But, starting in the nineteen-eighties, dendrochronologists—who study growth rings in the trunks of trees and link them to calendar years—made a puzzling discovery.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of trunks

Noun

Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026

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