carton

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But according to the CPI, the average price of a carton of large Grade A eggs has fallen 48%.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

In updated guidelines for the Truth in Recycling law, recycling rates for carton material have fallen below the state threshold.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

I’ve been quietly working on this one for months — a small obsession that started as a way to use up a half-empty carton of buttermilk and turned, somehow, into a quest.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

Only five years ago, a typical supermarket own-label carton of orange juice could be bought for 76p for 1 litre.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Seated, Emily gave an efficient shake of her milk carton and asked without further ado, “Do you like to study?”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord