closet
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A home office, private dressing area, and walk-in closet are also within arm’s reach.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Trend report: Here’s what one tween is raiding from her stylist mom’s closet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“His closet is color-coded and everything is in the right spot,” said Mitch, whose girlfriend, Isabella, also lives with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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
She went back to her closet and found the screen of a toy television and taped it on the wall across from the control panel.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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“The primary suite is a private retreat featuring a fireplace, secluded deck, dual spa-inspired baths, individual walk-in closets, a Sitting Room, and dedicated massage and salon rooms,” the listing adds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Each of these artists’ closets is a source of self-expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is in showers, behind walls, and deep in linen closets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The property also features a sizable media room, an expansive primary suite—with his-and-her closets and a spalike bathroom—and a playroom with its own stage and foam pit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
We talked about gowns and shoes and flowers and hairstyles, and carved out of the emptiness a small mental space in which our closets and bellies were full and the road before us was straight.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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While the country was knocked sideways by the Sept. 11 attacks, I was a closeted kid alone in a new city, and football did something for me that I have never forgotten.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
"I've grown up around this and I've seen it all from my own perspective. I think that's what I'm so proud to see. There was almost a time when you were a closeted Arsenal fan."
From BBC ● May 28, 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
The Lord Saruman is within; but at the moment he is closeted with one Wormtongue, or doubtless he would be here to welcome such honourable guests.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
And because he is closeting up his doubts and fears, his subsequent eruptions into madness, when words abruptly morph into howls, have a harrowing logic.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2014
“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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