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  • noun Plural form of in-tray.

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Examples

  • To get my desk, you have to add in some writing-related books, haphazard in-trays, random art supplies, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Toon Thursday: May 10, 2007 a. fortis 2007

  • To get my desk, you have to add in some writing-related books, haphazard in-trays, random art supplies, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

    Archive 2007-05-01 tanita davis 2007

  • Instead of turgid and unreadable documents, delivered to our in-trays by pantechnicons, we benefit from clear and concise reports that are professionally presented and a pleasure to read.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Clive Shepherd 2006

  • Instead of turgid and unreadable documents, delivered to our in-trays by pantechnicons, we benefit from clear and concise reports that are professionally presented and a pleasure to read.

    The new IT training, part 4: The other option Clive Shepherd 2006

  • The increasingly frosty relations between Microsoft and the EU are borne out of an exasperating history of scolding, hefty fines and a flurry of missives that forever seem to languish in each side's in-trays.

    War Of Words Between Microsoft And EUMicrosoft Says EU Rules Might Delay Vista 2006

  • The dark-stained wood shelves still held the same books and journals, the spinach-green leather-topped desk still supported a PC and brimming in-trays.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • The dark-stained wood shelves still held the same books and journals, the spinach-green leather-topped desk still supported a PC and brimming in-trays.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • The dark-stained wood shelves still held the same books and journals, the spinach-green leather-topped desk still supported a PC and brimming in-trays.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • He found the station a relaxing place to be in the wee, small hours when the phones were quiet, the office empty, and he could prowl around and read the contents of other people's in-trays to see what was going on.

    Hard Frost Wingfield, R. D. 1995

  • The cells were filling nicely along with the CID in-trays.

    Mortal Causes Rankin, Ian 1994

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