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bedsheet

[bed-sheet] / ˈbɛdˌʃit /
NOUN
fitted sheet
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Others swear by placing a blanket above the mattress but under the bedsheet.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

“What’s this?” cried McWatt, staring in mystification at the ripped half of his bedsheet.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Amazon, the Jeff Bezos-owned online retailer that sells items ranging from electronics to bedsheets, started carrying groceries and household essentials more than two decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

The refugee workers have Meng fill out many papers before sending us off to the camp’s church, where we are given clean clothes, bedsheets, and food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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