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closet

[kloz-it] / ˈklɒz ɪt /


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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

“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

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

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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