container
Example Sentences
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It is giving people a voice, and it is giving them a container in which to use that voice.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
China’s next export shock may not arrive in a shipping container — it may walk onto the factory floor.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
None are yet inhabited as the Cuban state tries to carry out a plan amid the fuel shortages for a small community of container houses around a children's playground and a local store.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
During his two days of detention on the boat, Bertel, who is in his thirties, also spoke of "three soldiers in a container".
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Gorringe and his troublemakers have spent the last few months building a huge watertight container, which they will use to tow the obelisk to the harbor.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing container
"Earth and Space"
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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