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nightstand

[nahyt-stand] / ˈnaɪtˌstænd /
NOUN
bed table
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NOUN
night table
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I picked up a coffee table, desk, side table and nightstand for free.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Unlike a wearable, which is easy enough to leave on your nightstand, the loo is something you can’t forget to use.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

The pain in my forehead was sharp, as if I had just slammed it against the nightstand.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2024

During her bouts of depression, she’d leave money on her nightstand and we’d walk ourselves to Vons or Ralphs and buy anything we wanted.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2024

She placed a few of the Durand family saints on the nightstand beside the conjure-roses.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The most annoying, she said, is that Olson, 48, a marketing professional, places glasses of water for the cats on the couple’s nightstands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

“Styles have changed, lifestyles have changed. The younger generation might want smaller pieces, like nightstands or a little coffee table they could paint Fire Engine Red.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 30, 2025

Nearly a third of the city’s payout represents payments for furniture, including $310,000 worth of ottomans, $239,000 worth of nightstands and more than $940,000 in beds and mattresses, city officials said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2023

Try to include nightstands for two with a double bed, Hunter says, even if it’s with floating shelves.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2023

But even so, there was hardly any space to walk around the two double beds, the two tiny nightstands, and the various trunks and bandboxes of the inhabitants.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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