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Recent Examples of china
What comes next is Farley going Full Farley — the screaming, hulking bull-in-a-china-shop physical comedy that nobody could match.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Skip the china, and don’t worry about spending a ton on decor.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
Her Wall of Barely Used China Plates There’s fine china for eating, pulled out for special occasions and holidays, and then there’s fine china for the kitchen and dining room walls.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The bath towels were packed in a sturdy box with packaging paper like Grandma’s fine china.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Skip the china, and don’t worry about spending a ton on decor.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
Her Wall of Barely Used China Plates There’s fine china for eating, pulled out for special occasions and holidays, and then there’s fine china for the kitchen and dining room walls.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The bath towels were packed in a sturdy box with packaging paper like Grandma’s fine china.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for china
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See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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This porcelain set consists of four dinner plates, four starter plates, and four deep plates.—
Erika Owen,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2025
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King Harper once sat at an auction that included several pieces of Wilson pottery from someone’s private estate.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The latter is still there, at 76, selling retail, carry-out only, from his large stock of sculptural and functional pottery.—
Kathe Tanner,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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At first the large SUV crawled through the crowd, and Kris Pangilinan, who was selling clothing at a booth, assumed that it had been let in to help another merchant load up his wares and close shop.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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How Mark Morris showed the way April 15, 2025 The top orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Munich and elsewhere play popular concerts in parks, often awaking new audiences to their wares.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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According to her, special knives, large crockery and stainless steel items should never go in the dishwasher.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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China Vintage China Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
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Grapes are fermented—often with skin, seeds, stems, and all—in large earthenware vessels, known as qvevri, that are buried underground.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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Each earthenware vase has been made by hand using methods inspired by the traditional ornate tulipières that emerged in the Netherlands in the 18th century.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Read on for deals on sets of Le Creuset’s Essential, Signature, and Classic cookware, along with on-sale colanders, mixing bowls, stoneware mugs, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2025
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May 13, 2021 issue Prudence Crowther and James Taibi Olympic Notes August 8, 1996 issue Christopher Benfey Resistance Pottery Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.—
Heather O’Donnell,
The New York Review of Books,
24 Apr. 2025
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Guard your favorite chinaware with your life.—
Will Noble,
CNN,
10 June 2021
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While flying in the new cabin, passengers enjoy a three-course meal on bespoke chinaware from Finnish designer Harri Koskinen and Finnish design icon, Iittala.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2022
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Her other big debut during Salone, the Rose collection for Japanese ceramics brand Noritake, features more hand-painting—adorning a selection of white porcelain dinnerware in a riot of pink and green based on the flowers in her kitchen garden.—
Dan Howarth,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Crate & Barrel, founded in Chicago and headquartered in nearby Northbrook, collaborated with United to bring products such as its Marin dinnerware and new Tuscan Marble collection.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“China.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/china. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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