closet
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In the 12th-floor model unit, the steel framework has even been turned into closet shelving.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A plainspoken veteran with a dense beard and a closet full of grimy sweatshirts, Platner fit the bill.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
If you move that wall a foot to the left, can you have more closet space?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
She touches up a manicure, rifles through her closet, blends a green juice.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
The plastic bin ricochets off the back wall of the closet and tumbles out onto the floor, barfing clothes.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Now, they want to conquer our closets, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“It’s like letting someone inside your closets of your house, right?” says Kelley Misata, chief executive of nonprofit Sightline Security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Thirty years ago L.A. firefighters found children sleeping in closets and babies snoozing in dresser drawers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The listing adds, “The primary suite exudes elegance with two luxurious ensuites, two walk-in closets, and two private balconies.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
“Wait until I see if I can take one from the job. I think I saw some when I was going through the closets yesterday.”
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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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
Lee Knight’s “A Friend of Dorothy” may be a tad on the nose about the cultural and emotional impact of a lonely London widow on a closeted teenaged boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
"I thought a lot about how difficult it would be to be a closeted pro player."
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Thupa Inka closeted himself with the local leadership and laid out many inspired ideas for the valley’s betterment, all of which were gratefully endorsed.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
If nothing else, it’s smarter closeting strategy—people are going to get a lot more suspicious if every time they see him with you, he starts stammering and shoving you out of view.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2016
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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