as in tidy
being clean and in good order
a small bandbox bed-and-breakfast decorated with taste and charm
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Recent Examples of bandbox
Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
The combination of lights and music over at the lyric little bandbox of a ballpark gives the 111-year-old joint the feel of a Vegas casino when someone’s rung up a slot machine for a cool million.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
Thanks in part to Schwarber’s .192 batting average, Philadelphia ranks 10th in the majors with 230 runs scored and only ninth (tied) with 58 home runs – hardly good production for a team that plays half its games in Citizens Bank Park, a notorious bandbox that visiting pitchers detest.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Ron was artistic from a young age, drawing houses, barns and windmills — and in one instance Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, showing a baseball leaving that beloved little bandbox.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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Since Citizens Bank Park is a bandbox, adding the Seagers to a lineup led by Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, and JT Realmuto could change the balance of power within the division – and might push the Phils into postseason play for the first time in more than a decade.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
The combination of lights and music over at the lyric little bandbox of a ballpark gives the 111-year-old joint the feel of a Vegas casino when someone’s rung up a slot machine for a cool million.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
Thanks in part to Schwarber’s .192 batting average, Philadelphia ranks 10th in the majors with 230 runs scored and only ninth (tied) with 58 home runs – hardly good production for a team that plays half its games in Citizens Bank Park, a notorious bandbox that visiting pitchers detest.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Ron was artistic from a young age, drawing houses, barns and windmills — and in one instance Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, showing a baseball leaving that beloved little bandbox.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandbox
Adjective
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Even the most game-changing of defensive actions look tidy when handled with masterful precision.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Though at times the plot can feel a tad tidy, the sight of a few seams doesn’t take away from this funny and poignant, bittersweet and moving — yet never maudlin — debut.—
Isaac Fitzgerald,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.—
Sloane Crosley,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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The ghost was intended to be an opening day character whose head disappeared before guests’ eyes then reappeared in a hatbox in his hand.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
28 July 2023
Adjective
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Her design of O’Toole’s full-length desert robe outfit included gold brocade trim, a long silk shirt (created in London and embroidered with a white silk pattern in Damascus), a fine cream wool keffiyeh with an ivory wool and gilt agal.—
Rhett Bartlett,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Jan. 2025
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There are three trim levels – Design, GS and Ultimate.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.—
Jennifer Dixon,
Detroit Free Press,
15 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The mix of opaque and see-through drawers keeps the closet neat without becoming too orderly.—
Ella Field,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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Life was not wonderful with Hummels and terrible without — that is far too neat — but the absence of personality is now particularly striking, never more so than during the defeat by Holstein Kiel last week.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The club has two spaces: a members’ lounge with a state-of-the-art locker room and the private jewel box bar Falcon Room.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2025
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Stepping into each one feels like entering a human-sized jewel box.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
7 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Inside each compartment are multiple smaller pockets that ensure all of your items remain organized and easy to find.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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The battery is built in and not meant to be swapped out casually, but the product manual includes instructions for opening the compartment (with a screwdriver) to remove the battery for recycling.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Bandbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandbox. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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