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Recent Examples of jewel box
Not far from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, there’s a jewel box of a restaurant called Tsubaki.
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Sunset Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Make sure to leave time to look around this jewel box of a hotel, with art tucked in nearly every corner.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
On the second floor is the chic cocktail bar Sloane’s, offering vintage spirits and small bites in a jewel box setting.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Larraín exquisitely composes every image, placing the fragile figure of Maria in jewel box settings that are framed with the lush care of a Rococo painting.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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Sunset Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Make sure to leave time to look around this jewel box of a hotel, with art tucked in nearly every corner.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
On the second floor is the chic cocktail bar Sloane’s, offering vintage spirits and small bites in a jewel box setting.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Larraín exquisitely composes every image, placing the fragile figure of Maria in jewel box settings that are framed with the lush care of a Rococo painting.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for jewel box
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jewel box
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 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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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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That would play well in the bandbox that is Yankee Stadium and behind an infield defense that ranked 12th in Outs Above Average last season.Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
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The Havocs are closer to a full 50 percent in a bandbox with a lower ceiling that contains, even amplifies, noise.Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
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While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
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Announced in 2013, the extensive land reclamation project saw concrete chambers, or caissons, built in the sea before being drained of water and filled with 750,000 metric tons of sand.Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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The caisson becomes part of the finished structure.Ari Perez, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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About two months before the Camp and Woolsey fires, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 signed a $1 billion plan to thin forests and clear out the tinderbox of California’s dead and dying trees.CalMatters, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Many within English football will discuss the matter privately but not go near the issue publicly, wary of setting off the latest tinderbox with their domestic supporters.Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Fans were ecstatic to hear about receiving eight tracks from the vault.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Champagne houses discovered that these subterranean galleries, with their cathedral-like vaults, provided the ideal environment for aging bubbles due to their consistent temperature and humidity levels.Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Rarely did Ed McCaffrey open up his safe-deposit box to show off his Super Bowl rings, having also won with the 1997 and ’98 Denver Broncos.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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An appeals court finds the FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders.Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Jewel box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jewel%20box. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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