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Recent Examples of commode
Cost overruns for cargo plane commodes have captured headlines before.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Toilets and other objects for relieving oneself are also on display, including an ornate commode styled after a stacks of books, and porcelain portable chamber pots that resemble fancy gravy boats, but were in fact designed for women in the 18th century to relieve themselves in public.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Accessibility: Several rooms have roll-in showers with bars and fold-down seats, accessible commode, entry, and bathroom doors, commode bars, raised vanity sink for roll-in access, plus hearing and communication features.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
While serving a 10-day sentence for drunk driving, Miller used a portable commode jailers brought to his cell.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Toilets and other objects for relieving oneself are also on display, including an ornate commode styled after a stacks of books, and porcelain portable chamber pots that resemble fancy gravy boats, but were in fact designed for women in the 18th century to relieve themselves in public.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Accessibility: Several rooms have roll-in showers with bars and fold-down seats, accessible commode, entry, and bathroom doors, commode bars, raised vanity sink for roll-in access, plus hearing and communication features.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
While serving a 10-day sentence for drunk driving, Miller used a portable commode jailers brought to his cell.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commode
Noun
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Why is Crypto in the toilet if Trump is crypto king?—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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The picture of a snake lying in wait in a toilet is nightmare fuel for many and a shocking reality for one lodge.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The old lavatories were taken out soon after the Joneses settled in and the space is now a dark room.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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Forget the days of having to wait in line for a bathroom, your screen can indicate if a lavatory is available before having to stand in the aisle.—
Chris Dong,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2024
Noun
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In Node 3, the zone astronauts use for exercise and bathroom purposes, the chemical profile included a strong signal of cleaning products and disinfectants.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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Sanitary services, like bathroom cleanings, may happen less frequently.—
Will McGough,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chiara de Rege’s recent client, a professional couple with a growing family, were charmed by a wall covering from the designer’s Maison C line, cladding a washroom in their former home with the pattern.—
Katherine Burns Olson,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2025
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Flora pushed herself into the nearest washroom, locked the door, and began to cry.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Washing your hands can significantly reduce the risk of getting infections from public restrooms; however, as easy at it sounds, not everyone does it.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Her duties included cleaning the restroom and paying the bands.—
Stephanie Jones,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Such a trend could be like the parable of the frog in a pot that heats so slowly the frog doesn’t notice it’s being cooked until too late, except that OPEC+ has very good thermometers.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Zoom out: Tucker also wants lawmakers to reclassify a large pot of capital funding meant for maintenance and construction so that TSU can instead use that money for day-to-day operating expenses.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Another two bedrooms and baths are contained in the guest house that also has a full kitchen and dining area.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2025
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The products addressed the tough parts of parenting, some more graphic than clipping a child’s nails or giving a newborn a bath.—
Sydney Cella,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The surveys found two previously unidentified medieval buildings within the house and garden, but a vital clue that helped to date the site and identify the palace was a latrine, or a toilet, discovered in the 2006 excavation.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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In particular, the existence of a latrine within a large timber building suggests that the whole building once belonged to a high-status figure.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Commode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commode. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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