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basket

[bas-kit] / ˈbæs kɪt /


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Anything that doesn’t belong gets gathered into a single bin or basket.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

But by the time Holiday had sprinted to the basket, Wembanyama had loped over, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

He pointed to a basket of 10 leading AI companies tracked by Pantera — both public and private — that’s trading about 33% above its four-year trend line.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Thiero, who entered the game midway through the fourth quarter when the Lakers cleared their bench, made a memorable playoff debut by scoring his first postseason basket with an emphatic alley-oop dunk over Dorian Finney-Smith.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

She ran to the basket and snatched Archie.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff