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
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Other must-shop Black Friday sales to keep your home clean and tidy include this Dyson stick vacuum and this Shark steam mop.Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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But Stewart’s words, whether spoken directly to the camera or read from private letters, tell a story that diverges from tidy fantasies.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2024
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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
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Lightweight Open-Front Cardigan Take a cue from Lawrence’s drapey open cardigan with this knit version, which features long sleeves, ribbed trim, and a slightly longer silhouette that hits mid-thigh on most people.Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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The trim lighting can also be turned off via the remote.William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 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
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Presenting an antique for inspection, Queen Camilla unveiled a snuffbox from the Royal Collection, which impressed Roadshow silver expert Duncan Campbell with its rich history.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
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In a way, this meme draws together disparate threads that have impacted the political discourse over the last few days into one neat package.Callum Booth, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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International politics are too complicated for neat binaries.Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
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Down the street is the artist Jack Pierson’s Elliott Templeton Fine Arts, a jewel box of a space devoted to delicate ideas strongly executed.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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The rooms are jewel boxes with the near-requisite Murano glass chandeliers.Everett Potter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Then came the law against having open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Watertight compartments made the ship extremely hard to sink; and Gibbs obsessively removed the flammable wood that ordinarily would have formed much of the ship's interior decor.Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Bandbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandbox. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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