totes
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of totes
By shortening and alteration
Example Sentences
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Times Festival of Books, you’ll want to fill your beach totes for Memorial Day weekend later this month.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The iconic beige check gets a casual revival in a collaboration with swim brand Hunza G. See it on totes, bucket hats, board shorts and slippers this summer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“Customers sometimes think: Amazon can get this to us in two days, why does it take 10 days?” says Kim Vaccarella, founder of Bogg Bag, which sells square, rubberlike totes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
For that reason, he decides she’s useful and totes her around like a backpack.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025
They had brought in plastic totes, coolers, and big buckets, and deposited them in the smaller rocks just beyond the shark.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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