basket
Example Sentences
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Hurt by turnovers, an ineffective full-court press and a failure to hustle back, Sylmar gave up 14 consecutive baskets on layups and found itself trailing 77-56 early in the fourth quarter.
From Los Angeles Times
I wove the basket from my neighbor’s tree bark.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. dollar strengthened to its highest level in more than three months against a basket of currencies Friday as investors sought safe-haven assets and energy prices rose due to the widening Middle East conflict.
—The dollar rose to a three-and-a-half-month high against a basket of currencies as investors sought safe havens.
The dollar has risen against a weighted basket of its peers since the first strikes on Iran, fulfilling its traditional haven role.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
