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as in pantries
a built-in space for storage behind a door
the colonial dining room features a double-door corner cupboard for the family's finest china
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as in cabinets
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
dishes go in the cupboard next to the sink
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Recent Examples of cupboards
The cupboards overflowed with cloth, ribbons, threads, paints, dyes, and watercolors.
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Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
That’s why Muller suggests not just stashing them back in your cupboards, but instead, giving them a more dedicated space.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 6 May 2026
Stand mixers with plastic bodies tend to be lighter-weight and easier to take in and out of cupboards.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Kemp says everything was ransacked, doors were broken, drawers and cupboards pried open, and empty cash boxes were on display.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The home had several storage cupboards with bifold doors that would have been impractical to remove.
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2026
Makes sure all food on counters or in cupboards is stored in airtight food storage containers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Your sign’s characteristic inventiveness thrives here, so you might be inspired to start DIY projects or rearrange your cupboards.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
That’s why Muller suggests not just stashing them back in your cupboards, but instead, giving them a more dedicated space.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 6 May 2026
Stand mixers with plastic bodies tend to be lighter-weight and easier to take in and out of cupboards.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Kemp says everything was ransacked, doors were broken, drawers and cupboards pried open, and empty cash boxes were on display.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The home had several storage cupboards with bifold doors that would have been impractical to remove.
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2026
Makes sure all food on counters or in cupboards is stored in airtight food storage containers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Your sign’s characteristic inventiveness thrives here, so you might be inspired to start DIY projects or rearrange your cupboards.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cupboards
Noun
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The Kansas City-area library system is launching its Food for Fines initiative, which collects food items for local charities and food pantries.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2026
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That includes homeless shelters, food pantries, group homes for those with developmental disabilities and substance abuse treatment centers, among others.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The rooms are outfitted with rust-red linen drapery that adds a pop of warmth, custom brandy-colored velvet beds and bespoke furniture, including wood cabinets and desks topped with Calacatta Viola marble.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The skeletons, often presented in glass coffin-like cabinets, are also a familiar sight in churches in neighboring Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, and in Italy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Store your potatoes in dark spaces like drawers, cabinets, closets, or in your garage.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
10 May 2026
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Both en suite bedrooms are upstairs, with the primary suite sporting bay windows facing the street and custom closets.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
7 May 2026
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Padres players arrived in the visitor’s clubhouse at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on Saturday to find brown T-shirts hanging in their lockers.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The roughly thirty-pound latex belly that Harbour wore to give Floyd extra heft is on full display in the show’s final episode, when Floyd and Clark strip down to their boxer briefs and dance by the pool lockers in a kind of tête-à-tête disco.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Cupboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupboards. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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