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The phrase "a carton for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a container or packaging designed to hold or store something, often food or beverages.
Example: "I bought a carton for the milk to keep it fresh in the refrigerator."
Alternatives: "a box for" or "a container for".
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If I didn't know, I'd think it might be a carton for something — not a book".
It was caused, in part, by "a surfeit of autobiographical material" — a family archive of letters and news clippings that Helen had collected in a carton for her.
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For example, Indian vendors can sell a carton of cigarettes for $13.50 less than vendors who collect state taxes.
Legally travelers can carry only limited amounts -- a carton of cigarettes, for example -- but most carry much more, hiding them in seats, side panels and spare tires.
It's 5.46, and Nicholson Baker is stumbling around his kitchen in South Berwick, Maine, in his dressing gown and slippers, searching out a carton of milk for his coffee.
Gov. Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware has proposed a 26-cent-a-pack increase, but even that would leave a widening differential with New Jersey, allowing New Jerseyans to buy a carton of Marlboros for about $25 rather than $50.
The first killing occurred on June 6 , 1987 as Michelle Walker, a black ninth-grade student, walked along a popular path near her family's home on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers to buy pizza and a carton of milk for her family.
FUNNIEST MOMENT: Opening the office refrigerator and taking out a carton of milk for her coffee, only to have another woman approach her, look annoyed and say, "I'll take that when you are done".
And always have a carton of eggs for quick-cooking protein that goes well with any meal or snack.
(What burglar looks through a carton of eggs for money?).
Paying $16.06 for a carton of discount Maverick cigarettes and $3.06 for a pouch of Tennessee Chew, Earl Brimm explained that he works in a factory where he cannot smoke.
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