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Schrader suggests wiping down cabinetry knobs or pulls, light switches, and doorknobs at least once a month to make your home more sanitary.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
Splash then hopped onto the cage, grabbed ahold of the doorknob, and with a human-like coordination, opened it.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
Stacks of doorknob hangers in English and Spanish sat on a table at the canvass launch as leaders used megaphones to instruct crowds of volunteers.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2025
The teaching assistant was seated on the floor with a luggage strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet doorknob.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
Splash then hopped onto the cage, grabbed ahold of the doorknob, and with a human-like coordination, opened it.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
Stacks of doorknob hangers in English and Spanish sat on a table at the canvass launch as leaders used megaphones to instruct crowds of volunteers.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2025
The teaching assistant was seated on the floor with a luggage strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet doorknob.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Doorknob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorknob. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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doorknob
noun
door·knob
-ˌnäb 
: a knob that when turned releases a door latch
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