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On the second floor is the chic cocktail bar Sloane’s, offering vintage spirits and small bites in a jewel box setting.
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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
Make a bold statement by using the paint color to create a stunning accent wall, or jump on the jewel box bathroom trend.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
The beautifully displayed perfumes and cosmetics make the store look like a jewel box, and the textiles — long flowy dresses, kaftans, kimonos, and tunics — are stunning as well.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2024
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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
Make a bold statement by using the paint color to create a stunning accent wall, or jump on the jewel box bathroom trend.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
The beautifully displayed perfumes and cosmetics make the store look like a jewel box, and the textiles — long flowy dresses, kaftans, kimonos, and tunics — are stunning as well.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jewel box
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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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Presenting an antique for inspection, Queen Camilla unveiled a snuffbox from the Royal Collection, which impressed Roadshow silver expert Duncan Campbell with its rich history.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
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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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The caisson becomes part of the finished structure.Ari Perez, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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Using a caisson is another way to provide a dry area at a site that is typically underwater.Ari Perez, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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With his new book The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates, a journalist who indelibly shaped the national conversation on race in America during the Obama years, turns his scrupulous attention toward yet another tinderbox of a problem: that of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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In this tinderbox environment, when a tweet, press release, or even silence on a trending issue can ignite a firestorm, the stakes for CEOs have never been higher.Tracy Lawrence, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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The coin collection was stashed in two safe deposit boxes stored for more than 40 years in a vault at a Manhattan Citibank on Park Avenue.Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fleming’s friend Dan Neil worked for Auburn’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art and remembers taking Dorje Chang’s gifted art to the museum’s vaults.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 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 16 Nov. 2024.
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