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Recent Examples of breakfront
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.
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Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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.
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Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Oct. 2023
The kitchen has a white-and-blue patterned ceramic tile floor, with a La Cornue range against one wall and a glass breakfront with wood trim against another.
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New York Times,
26 Jan. 2022
The breakfront cabinet is set against a wall of antique mirror panels, and the ceiling wallcovering is by Wolf Gordon.
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Bebe Howorth,
ELLE Decor,
16 Apr. 2021
Behind the dining room table is more of Offaim’s collection of glasses and pottery, stored in golden yellow cabinets that serve as a kind of casual breakfront, with olive green wainscotting set between the upper and lower cabinets.
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Jessica Steinberg,
Bon Appetit,
8 June 2018
The complaint follows rumors that Donald Trump is considering removing Carson after a series of embarrassments, including the $31,000 dining set, which included a baller breakfront china cabinet.
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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.,
The Root,
20 Mar. 2018
The order included a mahogany table, sideboard, breakfront, and 10 chairs.
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Emily Price,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2018
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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
The kitchen has a white-and-blue patterned ceramic tile floor, with a La Cornue range against one wall and a glass breakfront with wood trim against another.
—
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2022
The breakfront cabinet is set against a wall of antique mirror panels, and the ceiling wallcovering is by Wolf Gordon.
—
Bebe Howorth,
ELLE Decor,
16 Apr. 2021
Behind the dining room table is more of Offaim’s collection of glasses and pottery, stored in golden yellow cabinets that serve as a kind of casual breakfront, with olive green wainscotting set between the upper and lower cabinets.
—
Jessica Steinberg,
Bon Appetit,
8 June 2018
The complaint follows rumors that Donald Trump is considering removing Carson after a series of embarrassments, including the $31,000 dining set, which included a baller breakfront china cabinet.
—
Stephen A. Crockett Jr.,
The Root,
20 Mar. 2018
The order included a mahogany table, sideboard, breakfront, and 10 chairs.
—
Emily Price,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakfront
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Other standout markdowns include a bamboo bookcase and a statement-making sideboard cabinet.
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The mood comes crashing down when Joe falls into a bookcase while trying to undress.
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Other quirky details of the ’60s-era file credenza include a lock that can be opened and closed with a coin (a subtle nod to the fact that the company was originally a hardware and lock business).
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Framed family photos and a black ceramic panther sit on the credenza.
Noun
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Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz also did his best to de-escalate things, calming Contreras and some of his teammates with pats on the chest.
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Wheeler grinned before Hill exchanged high-fives and chest bumps with right fielder Brandon Marsh.
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By June 2024, Eisenkot and Gantz withdrew from the emergency war cabinet, citing the absence of an endgame.
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The windowed chef’s kitchen has been nicely renovated — royal-azure cabinets, marble countertops, and some swanky stainless-steel appliances — and flows into a sweet corner breakfast nook with dual exposures.
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Give your favorite serveware and dishware collections a proper home with a dining room sideboard.
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Pick up a pretty velvet loveseat for an 82 percent discount, or give your space a mid-century makeover with a charming sideboard that’s more than $900 off.
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While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025 made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, the HHS assistant secretary for planning and evaluation report cited efforts to crack down on improper signups.
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Linda McMahon, the Education secretary, pitched the changes as a way to get more help to families of kids with disabilities.
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The price includes endless amounts of meats, salad bars and buffet sides but not any extra drinks or desserts.
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The buffet restaurant's food safety grade was therefore not affected, Lee-Thompson told the NZ Herald.
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This year, attendees can also look forward to console gaming, comedy shows, dance sessions, tabletop gaming, a gaming lounge and more.
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The device aims to compete with traditional game consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation, which presently sell for $600 and up and are equally subject to the global component shortages that have lately bedeviled consumer electronics companies.
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“Breakfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakfront. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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