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bookcase

[book-keys] / ˈbʊkˌkeɪs /
NOUN
bookshelf
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The Qatari plane has oversize leather seats and a faux library bookcase.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"I brought one bookcase down to the void deck in the middle of the night. I was concerned about whether people would catch me doing something I was 'not supposed' to be doing."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Scanning my bookcase, which contains a few hundred volumes, it occurred to me that none of them would make sense if Sister Albertine hadn’t grown me into a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Slaughter’s bookcase — which she reveals she designed herself — includes work by Southern writers she admires and champions.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

In John McNaughton’s office at the Pentagon, there was a special bookcase where McNaughton kept his most sensitive cables and reports in three-ring binders.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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