receptacle
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If you do become trustee, you must follow the trust terms and act in your niece’s best interests — and resist being the receptacle for endless familial requests.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
She ended up buying a navy fleece jacket from Uniqlo that had roomy pockets, which became her main garbage receptacle for the rest of her three-week trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
At the end of the day, a platform is a receptacle for posts; it is up to us what we do with it.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2025
Creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri described her collection as "demonstrating how clothing is a receptacle that affirms cultural, aesthetic and social codes".
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
These items are receptacles of love and apple sauce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Deputies said it was “currently unknown” how the suspects transported all 85 fish — some large — in the small receptacles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
"It's not a committee meeting. It is a plenary session of Parliamentary Assembly. And all other receptacles are not to be in this part of the building."
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
In other words, millions of cameras in public and private spaces throughout the country are currently pivoting from documentary receptacles into digital security guards.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2023
But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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