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Recent Examples of alcove
Hartford Courant This open alcove will house the optical network terminal (ONT) and the wireless router.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
In the alcove of the first floor, guests can shop for the Pierced Handbag or Balloon Bag, or head up to the third floor’s sunlit atrium to find jewelry and ready-to-wear clothing.
—Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Past that is the kitchen (in the alcove on the left) and the dining area (right, up the steps) where Snitow sat with feminist friends around a long table.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 May 2025
My favorite, Taylor Creek, weaves through a narrow box canyon and crisscrosses its namesake creek before reaching the eye-popping turnaround point: a double-arch alcove.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
In the alcove of the first floor, guests can shop for the Pierced Handbag or Balloon Bag, or head up to the third floor’s sunlit atrium to find jewelry and ready-to-wear clothing.
—Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Past that is the kitchen (in the alcove on the left) and the dining area (right, up the steps) where Snitow sat with feminist friends around a long table.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 May 2025
My favorite, Taylor Creek, weaves through a narrow box canyon and crisscrosses its namesake creek before reaching the eye-popping turnaround point: a double-arch alcove.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcove
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Wednesday, a Reddit user pointed out that a plaque commemorating San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr.’s Sept. 30, 2021 home run off the top of Dodger Stadium’s left-field pavilion had been removed.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The range of stages goes from like a 2000 capacity pavilion all the way up to the 23 ,000 seating amphitheater where Def Leppard is going to play.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The longest Prime Day ever is around the corner — but Amazon is giving us a preview of the stellar discounts to come.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Members of his Cabinet have said for months that deals with other countries such as India, South Korea and Japan were just around the corner.—
Tamara Keith,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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No one sitting anywhere in the colossal common room, with its gleaming pine floors and Persian rugs, there was no one around the open fire, no one in the table game area or the tea nook, no one seated anywhere, despite a number of plump, chintz possibilities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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The company reckons that screen sizes up to 80 inches are supported, at Full HD resolution, but maximum brightness in this mode only comes in at 285 lumens, which will limit its application to shaded nooks.—
Paul Ridden
June 20,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
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“Alcove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcove. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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