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Recent Examples of bookcase
Everything in the room was padded with styrofoam, save the one bookcase where Eisenberg filmed most of his parts.
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Choose a large statement piece such as a tall bookcase or an intricate vertical mirror to draw the eye up.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Bonnie Durben’s detailed prop design includes at last 3 representations of Cygnet’s signature swan in wall art and bookcase sculptures.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The 1981 home underwent extensive renovations, including a colorful interior design featuring a blue fireplace, yellow seating nooks, and a large bookcase.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Choose a large statement piece such as a tall bookcase or an intricate vertical mirror to draw the eye up.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Bonnie Durben’s detailed prop design includes at last 3 representations of Cygnet’s signature swan in wall art and bookcase sculptures.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The 1981 home underwent extensive renovations, including a colorful interior design featuring a blue fireplace, yellow seating nooks, and a large bookcase.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookcase
Noun
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The facility had different meats — including uncooked chicken, beef and fish — stored together in a chest freezer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hunt is said to be considering the BBC role, but is keeping her cards close to her chest in conversations with industry colleagues.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The missing files, which were available Friday but no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showed a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
21 Dec. 2025
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The image showed an array of items on and in Epstein's desk or credenza.—
Liz Napolitano,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The best part about china cabinets, though?—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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If one of your resolutions is to cut down on clutter, grab this shoe storage cabinet that holds up to 16 pairs and seamlessly blends in with your other pieces.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, went further, calling the incident an act of domestic terrorism.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state, passionately advocated honoring the treaty, viewing it as a debt of gratitude to a nation that shared republican ideals and had sacrificed much for American liberty.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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If keeping your space neat and tidy is top of mind, grab this sideboard from Kelly Clarkson Home that has built-in shelving and a cool mid-century modern geometric pattern on the front.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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It is dutifully baked once a year at Christmas, placed on the sideboard for everyone to admire, and planned as far in advance as Thanksgiving so the pecans, coconut, bourbon, all the ingredients are in house and ready for the annual baking event.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Oct. 2023
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Worn Clothing Do not fill your dresser drawers with garments that have seen better days to the point that they're torn or stained.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2025
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Use your mother's cherished silver tray to organize items on your dresser.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
30 Dec. 2025
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The Servidors are massive and must be kept in a storage unit, but many other items are in the china closet, to the chagrin of Mr. Lepore’s mother, Virginia.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2023
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My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me.—
Jessica Hornik,
National Review,
31 Mar. 2022
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“Bookcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookcase. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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