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Recent Examples of breakfront
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.
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
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
The kitchen has a white-and-blue patterned ceramic tile floor, with a La Cornue range against one wall and a glass breakfront with wood trim against another.
—New York Times, 26 Jan. 2022
The breakfront cabinet is set against a wall of antique mirror panels, and the ceiling wallcovering is by Wolf Gordon.
—Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 16 Apr. 2021
There was no room for my mother’s bird’s-eye breakfront, her turn-of-the-century chairs.
—Lizzie Skurnick, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
Behind the dining room table is more of Offaim’s collection of glasses and pottery, stored in golden yellow cabinets that serve as a kind of casual breakfront, with olive green wainscotting set between the upper and lower cabinets.
—Jessica Steinberg, Bon Appetit, 8 June 2018
The order included a mahogany table, sideboard, breakfront, and 10 chairs.
—Emily Price, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2018
The complaint follows rumors that Donald Trump is considering removing Carson after a series of embarrassments, including the $31,000 dining set, which included a baller breakfront china cabinet.
—Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 20 Mar. 2018
Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
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
The kitchen has a white-and-blue patterned ceramic tile floor, with a La Cornue range against one wall and a glass breakfront with wood trim against another.
—New York Times, 26 Jan. 2022
The breakfront cabinet is set against a wall of antique mirror panels, and the ceiling wallcovering is by Wolf Gordon.
—Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 16 Apr. 2021
There was no room for my mother’s bird’s-eye breakfront, her turn-of-the-century chairs.
—Lizzie Skurnick, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
Behind the dining room table is more of Offaim’s collection of glasses and pottery, stored in golden yellow cabinets that serve as a kind of casual breakfront, with olive green wainscotting set between the upper and lower cabinets.
—Jessica Steinberg, Bon Appetit, 8 June 2018
The order included a mahogany table, sideboard, breakfront, and 10 chairs.
—Emily Price, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2018
The complaint follows rumors that Donald Trump is considering removing Carson after a series of embarrassments, including the $31,000 dining set, which included a baller breakfront china cabinet.
—Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 20 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakfront
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Best Walmart Furniture Deals Walmart’s end-of-month sale includes discounts up to 80% on accent chairs, bookcases, couches, and storage benches.—
Bridget Degnan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2025
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Best Furniture Deals Save on end tables, bookcases, dining chairs, and more this month at Walmart.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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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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The Israeli cabinet will convene on Monday after Netanyahu returns to Israel.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
8 Feb. 2025
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Speaking to reporters at the presidential palace, new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the 24-member cabinet would prioritize financial reforms, reconstruction and the implementation of a United Nations resolution seen as a cornerstone to stability on the Lebanese border with Israel.—
Reuters,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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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
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The White House is considering an executive order that would tell the education secretary to slash the department as far as possible and urge Congress to fully terminate it.—
Bianca Vázquez Toness,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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Guests danced to live music by 80s rock band Weird Science and dined on a buffet dinner by chef Charles Bryant of Towson Tavern.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2025
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Restaurant diners have loved buffets through the years.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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As their argument intensified, the grandson picked up a PlayStation console with the intent of smashing it, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.—
Mike Stunson,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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Behind the main kitchen block, a 35-L fridge/freezer is concealed inside a top-loading console.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Breakfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakfront. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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