as in cabinet
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
a custom-built walnut console holds all of their home-theater components
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as in to comfort
to ease the grief or distress of
the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral
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Recent Examples of console
Zach Powell, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Things like chase cars and remote supervision consoles don’t have to be fakery.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Sanchez’s grieving family members consoled each other behind crime scene tape in front of the Goodwill store.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Police began searching his vehicle and allegedly found the glass pipe within the center console.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Things like chase cars and remote supervision consoles don’t have to be fakery.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
Back at the cooking lesson, Meredith eventually joins them, but is so in a huff that even their instructor, Giovanni, takes notice and consoles her.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Sanchez’s grieving family members consoled each other behind crime scene tape in front of the Goodwill store.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for console
Noun
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Among the documents is an email exchange from 2009 in which Mandelson, while serving as business secretary in Brown’s government, appeared to leak to Epstein detailed policy measures that the cabinet was considering in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Southern cooks are not shy with the spice cabinet.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Our law enforcement took care of the child, got him McDonald’s and played him his favorite music to comfort him.—
Elizabeth Zavala,
San Antonio Express-News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Trump has a video conference with French First Lady Brigitte Macron to discuss initiatives to end cyberbullying, meets with Queen Rania of Jordan to discuss helping foster children and comforts former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Items that get used less regularly can be stored in a pantry or cupboard where they can be brought out and used when needed.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
6 Feb. 2026
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So here are the details of this strange creation, which combines old and new elements pulled from the Bugatti parts cupboard.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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France opened its consulate the same day, a move that paired with Canada’s opening, and underscores European and Canadian aims to reassure Greenlanders worried about a possible annexation.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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As the rebels closed in on Damascus on December 7, 2024, Assad reassured his aides and subordinates that victory was near, and then fled in the night on a Russian jet, telling almost no one.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The visiting locker room has comparatively low ceilings, ugly carpet and utilitarian lockers.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Seventeen states and the District of Columbia ban phones throughout the school day but allow students to keep them in accessible storage, such as lockers or backpacks, according to the report.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But there’s a method to the madness, assures the director.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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And rest assured, this isn’t Oprah’s first love from Mali + Lili.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An infant girl was found dead in a duffel bag stuffed in a closet of her family’s Brooklyn apartment — and her mother has been arrested for hiding the body, police said Monday.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Built in 1996 and located in the Bittersweet Woods neighborhood, the house has 2 1/2 bathrooms, custom closets in each bedroom and a primary bedroom suite with waterfall-edge vanities, an electric fireplace, a body-spray shower and a jetted tub.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Morphine, fentanyl and lidocaine couldn’t soothe all her pain.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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It is formulated to soothe and reduce occasional abdominal discomfort resulting from gas and bloating.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Console.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/console. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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