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Recent Examples of china
Her Wall of Barely Used China Plates There’s fine china for eating, pulled out for special occasions and holidays, and then there’s fine china for the kitchen and dining room walls.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The bath towels were packed in a sturdy box with packaging paper like Grandma’s fine china.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
Hand-Painted Patterns and Metal Detailing Fine china that is hand-painted, features metal detailing, or trimmed with metals like gold or silver is not dishwasher-safe.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
These are perfect for dining al fresco—unexpected but so chic mixed with more formal china—elegant but casual.
—Sophie Aliece Hollis, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The bath towels were packed in a sturdy box with packaging paper like Grandma’s fine china.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
Hand-Painted Patterns and Metal Detailing Fine china that is hand-painted, features metal detailing, or trimmed with metals like gold or silver is not dishwasher-safe.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
These are perfect for dining al fresco—unexpected but so chic mixed with more formal china—elegant but casual.
—Sophie Aliece Hollis, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for china
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Per the authors, the key to optimal splash-free urinal design is the angle at which the pee stream strikes the porcelain surface; get a small enough angle, and there won't be any splashback.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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The paintings are not as hard edged as the porcelain cups.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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In museums, art by Indigenous people has been seen as artifact, not intervention or complex storytelling — reduced to dream catchers, headdresses and pottery, repackaged for nostalgia and sale.—
Petala Ironcloud,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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This mercenary spyware industry is almost entirely unregulated, and over the last decade and a half, security agencies around the world have used its wares to go on an unbridled hacking spree.—
Ronald J. Deibert,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Apr. 2025
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Along with the Roku Experience enhancements, the company also announced new streaming sticks, TVs, smart-home wares and even a smart projector capable of projecting in 4K clarity onto a 100-inch surface.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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According to her, special knives, large crockery and stainless steel items should never go in the dishwasher.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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China Vintage China Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
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Grapes are fermented—often with skin, seeds, stems, and all—in large earthenware vessels, known as qvevri, that are buried underground.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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Each earthenware vase has been made by hand using methods inspired by the traditional ornate tulipières that emerged in the Netherlands in the 18th century.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Read on for deals on sets of Le Creuset’s Essential, Signature, and Classic cookware, along with on-sale colanders, mixing bowls, stoneware mugs, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2025
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May 13, 2021 issue Prudence Crowther and James Taibi Olympic Notes August 8, 1996 issue Christopher Benfey Resistance Pottery Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.—
Heather O’Donnell,
The New York Review of Books,
24 Apr. 2025
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Guard your favorite chinaware with your life.—
Will Noble,
CNN,
10 June 2021
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While flying in the new cabin, passengers enjoy a three-course meal on bespoke chinaware from Finnish designer Harri Koskinen and Finnish design icon, Iittala.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2022
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Her other big debut during Salone, the Rose collection for Japanese ceramics brand Noritake, features more hand-painting—adorning a selection of white porcelain dinnerware in a riot of pink and green based on the flowers in her kitchen garden.—
Dan Howarth,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Crate & Barrel, founded in Chicago and headquartered in nearby Northbrook, collaborated with United to bring products such as its Marin dinnerware and new Tuscan Marble collection.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“China.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/china. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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