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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals
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Recent Examples of den
The five-bedroom house features an open kitchen-dining-living room, a bright den with a two-sided corner window, two main suites with sundecks, and a lower-level gym.
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The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
In August 1989, the Menendez brothers shot their parents, up close and personal, 13 times in the den of their Beverly Hills mansion.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
She was supposed to go to her den and sleep into eternity.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Although some of the species that created these ancient dens are now extinct, burrowing has long benefited others.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
In August 1989, the Menendez brothers shot their parents, up close and personal, 13 times in the den of their Beverly Hills mansion.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
She was supposed to go to her den and sleep into eternity.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Although some of the species that created these ancient dens are now extinct, burrowing has long benefited others.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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All who enter the rear lair get the first-class treatment with heat and massage functions and two power-adjustable recliner seats.Josh Max, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Another rebooted tradition: the cast signing the lair, which Gomez and Henrie helped instruct the new actors on during their first days on the set.Julia MacCary, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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The hideouts are intended to give a little bit of normalcy to troops very close to the front lines.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Back at their hideout, the two women hang out not just without costumes, but without pants, and like all the best shipping fanfiction, there’s Only One Bed.Samantha Riedel, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
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Granite can be of various colors, dotted with the black mica nests.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The ways dinosaurs grew up, reproduced and made nests used to be treated as mysteries, Manias notes, but now can be presented in detail.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Teams were in the field to assess houses and other structures that have been destroyed or damaged.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In November, Kevin sets tree stands low in mountain draws, often fairly close to houses, roads, and developments.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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This is because Oatman’s primary tourist attraction is the multitude of loose, wild burrows that wander its streets, bouncing from tourist to tourist and gorging on feed that is conveniently sold for $5 a bag.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Share [Findings] Humboldt penguins who nest in the open have more pollutant metabolites in their blood than do penguins who nest in guano-rich burrows.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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