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English word

box

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /bɒks/US /bɑːks/
noun

a container made of wood, thick card, metal, etc. with a flat stiff base and sides and often a lid (= cover), used especially for holding solid things

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Uh all these out-of-box ideas are coming because we are very diversified uh organization.

Hiroshi Mikitani Talks Englishnization at Harvard Business School

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