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as in cupboard
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
a china closet in the Hepplewhite style
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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper
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as in clandestine
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Recent Examples of closet
Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
By calling Hobbes the only liberal worth reading, Gray implies that liberals are really closet totalitarians—and know it.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Back downstairs, the lower level is outfitted with a gym, a sauna, a second pantry, a laundry room, and a cedar walk-in storage closet.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Lee Bebout, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
Reading romances was a guilty pleasure many customers chose to keep closeted.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Whether paired with heels, sneakers, or both (like Gaines), wide-leg jeans are the closet staple your wardrobe may be missing this spring.
—Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
By calling Hobbes the only liberal worth reading, Gray implies that liberals are really closet totalitarians—and know it.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Verb
The calliope whistles loudly on the roof of the 111-year-old vessel when Martha Gibbs, 81, plays what looks like a small piano inside of a closet behind the bar down below.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Back downstairs, the lower level is outfitted with a gym, a sauna, a second pantry, a laundry room, and a cedar walk-in storage closet.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Or perhaps the speaker could recognize that a cousin at the table may be closeted, and take it upon themselves to model how to push back against transphobia.
—Lee Bebout, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
Reading romances was a guilty pleasure many customers chose to keep closeted.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closet
Noun
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Once cured, store the sweet potatoes in a cool, dry, dark space, such as a basement, garage, or pantry.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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My favorite pantry organizers offer smart solutions to pantry clutter and are all available on Amazon for as low as $10.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Williams — joined by family members, current and past KU coaches, players and support staff — on Tuesday afternoon cut the ribbon on the room that bears his name.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Oct. 2025
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Carrying it around feels more like lugging a speaker than a dainty portable gadget, but that handle makes moving it between rooms surprisingly manageable.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The storage cupboard is only knee-high and set at an angle with a latch to prevent it from knocking open on rolling seas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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There’s a man standing with an ax, who has just chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Tang Wing, a collaboration with the architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle, will also house rotating special exhibitions, requiring blank canvases of sorts.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The team performed the measurements using the JYFLTRAP double-Penning trap, which is a world-class instrument housed in the university’s accelerator laboratory.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What’s being communicated in this clandestine network of underground messaging?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hilarious clip shared on Saturday by @fluffyfinny27 shows the golden retriever, 4-year-old Finny from Wales, in the United Kingdom, going into the poster’s bedroom and hanging around near her bedside cabinet to start his routine.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Sébastien Lecornu, who resigned as French prime minister last Monday before being reappointed on Friday, named the first cabinet of his new tenure.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Checkmate has done lots of covert ops spy nonsense in comics throughout the years, and notable works with Batman on occasion.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025
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Checkmate, which is another element that will continue in future DCU projects, is a covert watchdog agency.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The spaces are smaller, with lower benches, and the older players, flitting between dressing rooms for U14s and U12s, have had to take their belongings home each day rather than leave them in lockers due to the carousel of teams moving in and out.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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With local lockers no longer available, NordLocker is now a strictly secure cloud storage service.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Closet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closet. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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