container
Example Sentences
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The container had also come in via Durban's harbour.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
It is giving people a voice, and it is giving them a container in which to use that voice.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
China’s next export shock may not arrive in a shipping container — it may walk onto the factory floor.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The 26 hatched chicks were grown from fertilized tissue transferred from hen’s eggs into the new container, which functioned essentially as an incubator.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
I smacked the wok on the side of the metal container.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing container
"Earth and Space"
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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