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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
Noun
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But Pages got a hanging slider from Giants reliever Ryan Walker and sent it 399 feet into the left-field pavilion.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
15 June 2025
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Using the pavilion will be cheaper than building a new structure downtown and hopefully will draw more attention to the pavilion.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Thankfully, the corner stepped in and called an end to the bout.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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After making it around the corner of a nearby Taco Bell, Muller appears to stumble, the footage shows.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2025
Noun
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This means that movie nights will need to be exactly that, after dark, and sharing presentations with work colleagues will have to be undertaken in a shaded nook – or the imagery is going to appear washed out.—
Paul Ridden
June 19,
New Atlas,
19 June 2025
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According To Our Testing Redi Shade Original Blackout Pleated Paper Shade My office space is located in a small nook of my bedroom, which just so happens to have two large windows in it.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
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“Alcove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcove. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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