container
Example Sentences
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The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.
The regulator has recently directed its attention to areas such as supply-chain data sharing and the availability of truck trailers to move containers to and from ports.
The two Panama container terminals were the crown jewels of the deal.
Friday’s decision draws a much sharper boundary around what can be considered an “open container” under California law.
From Los Angeles Times
As Beijing and Washington vie for global influence, container ports have become a prized currency -- especially those situated in geopolitically strategic locations such as the Panama Canal.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.