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In the dining room, a 19th-century English cupboard displays ceramics from the atelier of Belgian artist Pierre Culot, next to a table made by local craftsmen. — WSJ, "Focused on Sustainability, Graanmarkt 13 is a Go-To for Tastemakers," 10 Jan. 2019 People who’ve worked all their lives but must go to cupboards for food feel demeaned. — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, "Hunger haunts Philly. These are the voices of its pain," 21 May 2018 But no matter how Tampa Bay fares against Washington (and perhaps beyond), the organizational cupboards appear stocked for the long haul. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Young, Talented and in the Stanley Cup Hunt, the Lightning Are Poised for Long-Term Success," 16 May 2018 Preparation for Life Riccardi sits on the desk in his tiny office, little more than a cupboard, as his players arrive for training. — New York Times, "World Cup 2018: The Boys From the Banlieues," 7 June 2018 The door was in an iron cupboard prepared for an assault of this nature, so no harm was done beyond to any researchers. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Create Ultra-Powerful Magnetic Field, Immediately Blows Up," 27 Sep. 2018 My slow cooker sits, forgotten, at the back of a cupboard for long periods of time. — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Slow-cooker chicken thigh dish is ideal for spring," 18 Apr. 2018 SnackWell’s cookies, an icon of this age, filled up the cupboards of dieting aunts. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How low-fat dairy came to rule the US — and why that’s changing.," 20 Dec. 2018 Poor Principal Featherhead is never seen alive again, and days later his blue-lipped corpse is found stuffed into a cupboard in the hallway. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Let's Talk About Tonight's Very Special Flashback Episode of Riverdale," 8 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cupboard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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