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Recent Examples of jewel box
With the goal of evoking the feeling of stepping into a jewel box, the rooms are decorated with fine materials like walnut, travertine marble, velvet, ceramic and hand-worked glass.
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere, there are two jewel box bars: the speakeasy-style Punch Room, which features cozy wood paneling and a roaring fireplace, or the decadent Jade Room, a boutique 12-seater cocktail bar with veined marble walls and twinkling emerald lights.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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, 11 Oct. 2024
The rooms are jewel boxes with the near-requisite Murano glass chandeliers.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere, there are two jewel box bars: the speakeasy-style Punch Room, which features cozy wood paneling and a roaring fireplace, or the decadent Jade Room, a boutique 12-seater cocktail bar with veined marble walls and twinkling emerald lights.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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, 11 Oct. 2024
The rooms are jewel boxes with the near-requisite Murano glass chandeliers.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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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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Construction will then begin with the installation of caissons as a foundation for the casino by early February.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Army suspended the Caisson Detachment operation in May 2023 following the deaths of two horses used to haul caissons in funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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The incredibly tight and expensive housing market in L.A. was another tinderbox waiting to explode.—
Bridget Read,
Curbed,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Pacific Palisades was a tinderbox waiting to happen, the experts said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Her husband Robert Sims (Common) leads her and their son to the vault, but the all-knowing voice says only Camille can stay—despite Sims’ endless dedication to the silo, he is not deemed the best person to be the next head of IT.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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While pulling off the diamond heist of a lifetime, Wilson and Nick become friends by breaking into the most secure vaults in Nice, France’s World Diamond district.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
17 Jan. 2025
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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 29 Jan. 2025.
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