keyhole

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Recent Examples of keyhole Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own solar system. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 15 July 2025 In the 2023-24 campaign, he was limited to seven starts and a grand total of 834 minutes due to keyhole surgery on his knee. Jay Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Related Articles Running down the front placket of the look were gold buttons with intricate designs distinct to Schiaparelli’s oeuvre, including the Italian luxury fashion house’s signature keyhole gold button and further ornate bijoux designs. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 June 2025 The Drop’s Ilana maxi dress is a timeless staple with a relaxed fit, ruffled hem, and keyhole button closure. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for keyhole
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Noun
  • At the museum, a peephole and headphones allow visitors to see and hear an old air raid siren used on Morris Field.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
  • Lucy had been watching Helen for some weeks, on tip-toes, her eye pressed to the peephole.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Many specialize in just one part of the production process, such as cutting collars, sleeves or buttonholes, said Giuseppe, while the most skilled are able to work on all parts of the garments.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • While most of the seven buttons at the bottom were well-placed, six buttonholes showed loose threads upon close inspection.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • At the top are power, mute, input, and menu buttons, along with a pinhole microphone and a large circular navigation pad.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There is bran in the sachet for feeder mites to feed on, and a pinhole for the predatory mites to climb out and disperse.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The entrance was easily visible to passersby, partly because dozens of homeless individuals often hung out outside.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Those 1953 maps maintained the western entrance intended for the smaller Burbank theme park.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 July 2021
Noun
  • Light speed space travel, wormholes, black holes and other intergalactic action abounds as our heroes, er … stretch their powers to the limit to save their fellow man.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • The results are occasionally adorable: This is a film in which our heroes have to rattle around in a spaceship, Interstellar style, to travel through a wormhole, while other characters can traverse the far reaches of the universe with a surfboard.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The bite left behind small puncture wounds and bruising on Corale’s leg.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Castro-Cruz was found in the basement stairwell with a puncture wound to the chest, police sources said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike previous versions of metal grille worn by vintage Mercedes-Benz models, this new grille does not have inlets where air can flow through.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The cove is fed by Folly Brook and the current moves through the wide part of the cove toward a narrow inlet that runs underneath I‑91, entering the main stem of the Connecticut River by a narrow inlet.
    Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Keyhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keyhole. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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