burn bag
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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All such documents should be disposed of in a "burn bag" or by shredding in an approved machine.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
They opened a burn bag of top-secret documents belonging to the N.S.C. aide Oliver North and found a copy of elaborately falsified secret testimony to Congress.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2017
In one such email, Carter discussed how he had mistakenly placed a note card in a "burn bag," the Times reported.
From US News • Dec. 16, 2015
His use of technical terms such as flashover, artificial stratification, burn bag velocity, stoichiometric points, and radiant energy revealed an impressive degree of knowledge.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2015
John Walker's son Michael is accused of filching classified documents out of a burn bag while serving as a seaman on the aircraft carrier Nimitz.
From Time Magazine Archive
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