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Recent Examples of bookcase
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This gorgeous bookcase is perfect for displaying your trinkets.
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Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
The production designer collaborated with special effects supervisor Paul Corbould to design and construct three circular, motorized bookcases with internal ladders that could spin while the actors danced inside.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Until his death in 2005, the theater critic Mel Gussow spent most mornings writing reviews and profiles in an office in the rear of an 1856 rowhouse on West Tenth Street, where bookcases stretching up to 13-foot-high ceilings wrapped wall-to-wall, skipping only a marble fireplace.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024
Take up to 77 percent off bookcases, bed frames, coffee tables, office chairs, and more during these after-Christmas sales at Wayfair, Amazon, and Walmart.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
The production designer collaborated with special effects supervisor Paul Corbould to design and construct three circular, motorized bookcases with internal ladders that could spin while the actors danced inside.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Until his death in 2005, the theater critic Mel Gussow spent most mornings writing reviews and profiles in an office in the rear of an 1856 rowhouse on West Tenth Street, where bookcases stretching up to 13-foot-high ceilings wrapped wall-to-wall, skipping only a marble fireplace.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024
Take up to 77 percent off bookcases, bed frames, coffee tables, office chairs, and more during these after-Christmas sales at Wayfair, Amazon, and Walmart.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookcase
Noun
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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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Flower petals had fallen onto the credenza and her daughter took cleaning to the next level.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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Diversions normally occur during serious medical issues such as cardiac arrest, chest pain, obstetric or gynecologic issues or possible strokes.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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The troops — wearing camouflage body armor with AR-style rifles slung across their chests — aren’t a typical fixture the suburban community.—
Andrea Chang,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Six cabinet nominees have big job interviews today A number of high-profile nominees for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet will face senators' questions on Wednesday.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Supporters of President-elect are accusing of obsessing over Kash Patel after the hearings of a fellow cabinet nominee focused on the nominee for Director.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 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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The Senate confirmation hearings for several of Trump’s Cabinet nominees were also disheartening, particularly the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing for Pete Hegseth to be the secretary of defense.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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The working group, which will include the Treasury secretary, chairs of the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with other agency heads, is tasked with developing a regulatory framework for digital assets, according to the order.—
Hannah Lang and Trevor Hunnicutt,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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Skinner’s save knocked the puck to the sideboards, where McAvoy retrieved it.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Vengeance Most Fowl reportedly required over 40 shooting units, 30 animators and 30 set dressers and the secret to their success is patience and persistence.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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Keeping your garage, kitchen, closet, dresser drawers, and bathroom neat and free of clutter is all about staying on top of the mess by continually getting rid of items that are no longer serving you or your home.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2024
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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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