as in lockers
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a chest containing almost every tool that the home do-it-yourselfer is likely to need
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Recent Examples of chests
Carter recommends styles with less coverage, while Al-Khalil says softer cups tend to contour more naturally to smaller chests than stiff molded padding.
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 May 2026
No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
In Housewives’ land, the women air-kiss one another, keeping their cards close to their chests, using nastier pieces of gossip as individual bullets, ready to fire when necessary.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 25 May 2026
As players sank into their chairs and coaches stood off to the side with their arms across their chests, Butera and president of baseball operations Paul Toboni talked through their priorities and their burgeoning identity.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Antique chests are another versatile estate sale find.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
David Letterman and Stephen Colbert stood on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, wearing suits and clutching watermelons to their chests.
—Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
Even the ice chests and service rituals nod to the Edo period, creating an almost ceremonial atmosphere.
—Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
The two ice chests are in the back of his pickup truck.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 May 2026
No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
In Housewives’ land, the women air-kiss one another, keeping their cards close to their chests, using nastier pieces of gossip as individual bullets, ready to fire when necessary.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 25 May 2026
As players sank into their chairs and coaches stood off to the side with their arms across their chests, Butera and president of baseball operations Paul Toboni talked through their priorities and their burgeoning identity.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Antique chests are another versatile estate sale find.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
David Letterman and Stephen Colbert stood on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, wearing suits and clutching watermelons to their chests.
—Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
Even the ice chests and service rituals nod to the Edo period, creating an almost ceremonial atmosphere.
—Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
The two ice chests are in the back of his pickup truck.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chests
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Now, McCain lingers near teammates’ road lockers past the bus times and ropes them into TikToks at the hotel.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Sites must be reserved ahead of time, and all come with picnic and cooking shelters as well as food lockers for storage away from curious wildlife.—
Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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The department urged resident not to return, relocate, or give away the plants, and not place them in trash bins or compost containers.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Eggshells are often also added as grit in vermiculture bins to aid worm digestion by helping to break down organic matter.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Ballots are collected from drop boxes daily by the two-person teams, whose locations are tracked at all times by the GPS on their phones.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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Nearby homes were evacuated during the investigation, and the bomb squad hauled out boxes of what were described as consumer-grade pyrotechnic devices, enough to fill more than three box trucks, according to investigators at the scene.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Try planting a ring of parsley around the trunks of apple trees as part of a fruit guild, or grow a few parsley plants in pots and move them beneath the trees when the parsley starts flowering.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
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The more popular Australian and New Zealand tree ferns, with their hairy trunks, get tired looking after a while, even while the giant chain fern expands radially into a huge clump with leaves up to 5 feet tall or taller.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Eventually, a wharf employee noticed one of the crates was leaking an oily substance.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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The missions’ goal is to collect crates for Hondo, a galactic pirate seen in animatronic form in the queue.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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“Chests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chests. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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