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Recent Examples of jewel box
With its Belle Époque architecture and ideally located on the famous Promenade des Anglais, Hotel West End is a jewel box of a hotel.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Most easily accessible by shelling tours or boat tours, Ten Thousand Islands is a good place to find the scarce Junonia shell, known as the Jewel of Florida, along with whole sand dollars, Florida spiny jewel boxes, and lightning whelks.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
In a city as beautiful as Florence, which feels equal parts like a Renaissance jewel box and a vibrant living city, a room with a view (as in E.M. Forster’s immortal novel of the same name, based in the very same place) feels not just desirable, but essential.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
The city’s hotel scene is just as varied, with properties ranging from a maximalist jewel box in North Park to a modern hideaway that occupies a 1920s-era YMCA building.
—Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Most easily accessible by shelling tours or boat tours, Ten Thousand Islands is a good place to find the scarce Junonia shell, known as the Jewel of Florida, along with whole sand dollars, Florida spiny jewel boxes, and lightning whelks.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
In a city as beautiful as Florence, which feels equal parts like a Renaissance jewel box and a vibrant living city, a room with a view (as in E.M. Forster’s immortal novel of the same name, based in the very same place) feels not just desirable, but essential.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
The city’s hotel scene is just as varied, with properties ranging from a maximalist jewel box in North Park to a modern hideaway that occupies a 1920s-era YMCA building.
—Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jewel box
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.—
Jennifer Dixon,
Detroit Free Press,
15 Aug. 2024
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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.—
Sloane Crosley,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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The Pinnacle's importance to emerging, independent-minded, hard-touring country acts To the untrained eye, The Pinnacle is a raw bandbox that feels like a split-level airplane hangar where superstars play pop music.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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As for the transplanted Tucker, playing home games at Wrigley Field, a notorious bandbox, should help raise his value.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2024
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In June 2025, the caisson program restarted following an $18 million overhaul by the Army.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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The refurbishment included a complete overhaul, including a paint job, the repairing of caisson cracks, window and door replacements, cleaning and re-pointing of the foundation masonry, restoring all wood floors, and reconstruction of the intermediate landing between the bridge and gangway.—
Michael P. McKinney,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Keeping the lake low has turned 500 acres of lakebed into a tinderbox — dry invasive grasses with moisture content under 5% — directly in the path of Santa Ana winds.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Extreme drought conditions have turned vast stretches of land into tinderboxes, contributing to over 16.3 million acres burned so far in 2025, marking the third-highest total on record.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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The head of the Local Lore Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, had collaborated with the Russian military and showed them the basement vault.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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NordPass and Proton Pass deliver attractive apps that are largely uniform in appearance with similar features and functions for browser extensions, mobile, and web vaults.—
Kim Key,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Anyone with information about a Purple Heart return, particularly a safe-deposit box connected to Robert Cawthon, is urged to contact the Illinois treasurer’s office at claimantconnect@illinoistreasurer.gov.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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“Jewel box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jewel%20box. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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