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closet

[kloz-it] / ˈklɒz ɪt /


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“An oversized entry gallery with a coat closet provides plenty of room for a home office or library overlooking the elegant sunken living room,” the listing adds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mixue squeezed this blueprint into franchised stalls as small as 45 square feet, the size of a walk-in closet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In addition to checking off my goals, I was also heavily encouraged to shop for my bird’s closet, furnish his apartment, and complete the in-app quests.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mrs. Pisano, the athletic director who usually chases anyone wearing shoes that aren’t sneakers out of the gym, is probably screaming into the P.E. supply closet.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The primary suite is ideal for comfortable living, featuring four thoughtfully-designed closets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some retirees seem to keep closets full of new outfits, as if maintaining workplace identities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I have full closets I need to go through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now, they want to conquer our closets, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

From her bed she directed my mother to clean out the closets.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Part of this may have been an overreaction to pariah status, post-McCarthy, and part of it may have been the sensibility of a closeted gay man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

We wanted to be mysterious and be closeted, and Katie was the one who encouraged us not to, and to just be ourselves.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

As part of his story’s ongoing tragedy, Preston spent much of his life closeted from the reality of his sexual orientation.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

At night he closeted himself with Maester Luwin, talking or going over account books.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

That there exists so recent and clear an example of purposeful Hollywood closeting helps explain, to a certain extent, how these narratives can take hold.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2019

You haven’t been able to keep up with your regular phone calls because of the pain of closeting yourself.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2019

Soon he was closeting himself in his room listening raptly and endlessly to John Gielgud reciting Clarence’s speech from “Richard III,” desperately attempting to obliterate his Jersey accent.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2012

“We have no visibility, people are dying, and this whole world is just closeting everything.”

From Washington Post

No more closeting;, she could have one part of Old Chao, Janis and the children another.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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