Denise MinaLisa Green and Tracy ConnerNote: BIN frequently precedes perfect (see perfect entry 1 sense 5) verb forms, as well as progressive (see progressive entry 1 sense 6) verb forms ending in -ing. It can also precede the African American English feature perfective done, additional predicates (such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositional phrases), and, in certain contexts, adverbial phrases.
Examples of bin in a Sentence
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Crows are smart enough to have noted an absence, and irked enough to regret the empty compost bins.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 16 May 2024
The Import mode includes sections not only for importing, but also the traditional Media bin that includes all project content, as well as for sounds, music, sample videos, backgrounds, and effect packages.
—PCMAG, 16 May 2024
His second stint in the sin bin, for hooking, set the Stars up for a power play four minutes into the second stanza and set up Wyatt Johnston’s power-play goal off a snapshot, pushing Dallas’ lead to 2-0 with 14:14 left in the middle period.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 13 May 2024
In the nearly three decades of human interaction with H5N1, the virus has taught us a lot about influenza viruses, consigning many things that were previously considered flu facts to the scientific trash bin.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
Keep scrolling for more affordable storage solutions at Walmart, including a pack of three extra-large bins for 70 percent off.
—Megan Schaltegger, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
To clean the brush holder: Put it in a bucket or bin in the bathtub.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
They were then seen chucking bins of empty bottles and garbage into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving a trail of trash behind, video shows.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 4 May 2024
Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
The inner screen camera has a 32MP sensor and shoots 8MP shots (binned by a factor of four).
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
The main camera captures approximately 48MP images that are binned down by four to produce 12MP jpegs.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
The result is an effective 48 megapixels of resolution which is designed to output binned 12-megapixel stills.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 May 2023
In fact, after five failures in seven orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle, the company binned that design.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
Just bin it with the Articles and Native peace treaties.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis.
—Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 25 June 2021
The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes.
—Kim Velsey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
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“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bin. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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