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Recent Examples of bookcase
Cleaning out our freezer inspired me to weed our living room bookcase and winnow my closet.
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2024
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Books arrived one by one and often left again, so our little three-shelf bookcase was never overflowing.
—Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (tr. Ellen Jones), The Dial, 26 Nov. 2024
The previous owners had used a large cabinet to hide a bookcase set into a wall in the dining area.
—Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 19 Jan. 2025
As for gameplay, Robyn confidently floats the incorrect idea that there were Traitors in the coffins, and Gabby mentions hearing Danielle behind the bookcase.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2024
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Books arrived one by one and often left again, so our little three-shelf bookcase was never overflowing.
—Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (tr. Ellen Jones), The Dial, 26 Nov. 2024
The previous owners had used a large cabinet to hide a bookcase set into a wall in the dining area.
—Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 19 Jan. 2025
As for gameplay, Robyn confidently floats the incorrect idea that there were Traitors in the coffins, and Gabby mentions hearing Danielle behind the bookcase.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookcase
Noun
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The kitchen, the center of life in the apartment, is in a rustic red that complements the large custom table and the Alicante marble credenza.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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And furniture seems to float off the walls, such as a hovering credenza in the dining room and modular shelving hung on slim metal bars.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
10 Jan. 2025
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Kendrick Lamar kept teasers about his Super Bowl LIX halftime show close to his chest in the days leading up to his history-making performance as the first rapper to perform at the game solo.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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The victim had been stabbed in the face, chest and left arm, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Discover the cabinet color trends experts are watching for 2025.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Israeli cabinet will convene on Monday after Netanyahu returns to Israel.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
8 Feb. 2025
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For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2024
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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Oct. 2023
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As for the potential secretary of Health and Human Service, when Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana asked nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his plans for mifepristone, one of two drugs used to end pregnancies within 70 days, Kennedy said Trump asked him to study the safety of the pill.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Richard Danzig, secretary of the Navy during the Clinton administration, has long warned that old-school bureaucracies within the Defense Department reflexively fight basic reforms on procurement in favor of continuing to buy expensive weapons designed for U.S. needs in the 20th century.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Springwood Caning Sideboard Those who love entertaining should check out this sideboard.—
Shea Simmons,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2025
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The garden room has a dining table and a sideboard also designed by Pöppler.—
Ulrich Clewing,
Architectural Digest,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Near the pills on the dresser was Jones’ ID, the complaint alleges.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Walmart’s sale includes coffee tables and desks for your living room, mattresses and dressers for your bedroom, and dining table sets for your kitchen.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Servidors are massive and must be kept in a storage unit, but many other items are in the china closet, to the chagrin of Mr. Lepore’s mother, Virginia.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2023
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My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me.—
Jessica Hornik,
National Review,
31 Mar. 2022
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“Bookcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookcase. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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