sweatbox
noun
sweat·box
ˈswet-ˌbäks 
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His destination sweatbox combines a gym with longevity protocols (such as tracking health data on Oura devices; an in-house flotation tank) and includes on-staff PTs.
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Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
So on the sweatbox of the festival red carpet, the options offered by fashion labels to their celebrity ambassadors hasn’t exactly been loose light linens or breezy cotton fabrics.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
The stages are no longer sweatbox nightclubs occupied by dozens (like the ones depicted in 2002’s 8 Mile), but rather online spaces with an audience in the billions.
—C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 6 May 2024
From the photos of the joint, Howard’s definitely looks like a sweatbox, and AceMo came prepared.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
Those sweatbox sessions turn addicts into athletes, and athletes into CrossFit assassins.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
During a recent weekend stay in what is called the Dwarf’s Room — probably because the entrance to the bathroom is, for some reason, about four feet high — the heat was either off, and the room freezing, or on, and the room a sweatbox.
—David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
How Beau gets home, eventually, provides the quest in writer-director Ari Aster’s sweatbox of anxieties.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
In this rickety sweatbox club, several micro-generations of musicians divined an experimental fusion of hip-hop, electronic, jazz, R&B and psychedelia.
—Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
So on the sweatbox of the festival red carpet, the options offered by fashion labels to their celebrity ambassadors hasn’t exactly been loose light linens or breezy cotton fabrics.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
The stages are no longer sweatbox nightclubs occupied by dozens (like the ones depicted in 2002’s 8 Mile), but rather online spaces with an audience in the billions.
—C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 6 May 2024
From the photos of the joint, Howard’s definitely looks like a sweatbox, and AceMo came prepared.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
Those sweatbox sessions turn addicts into athletes, and athletes into CrossFit assassins.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
During a recent weekend stay in what is called the Dwarf’s Room — probably because the entrance to the bathroom is, for some reason, about four feet high — the heat was either off, and the room freezing, or on, and the room a sweatbox.
—David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
How Beau gets home, eventually, provides the quest in writer-director Ari Aster’s sweatbox of anxieties.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
In this rickety sweatbox club, several micro-generations of musicians divined an experimental fusion of hip-hop, electronic, jazz, R&B and psychedelia.
—Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Sweatbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatbox. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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