Thesaurus results for PANTRIES

pantries

noun

plural of pantry

as in cupboards

a built-in space for storage behind a door homemade jams and pickles are stored in a separate pantry off the kitchen

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Recent Examples of pantries The Community FoodBank of New Jersey has collected reusable bags since 2022 for neighbors who visit their food pantries. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 The food bank last year opened five new school pantries, including Comstock's, to make a total of 48 across seven counties. — Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Over the last year, Freemasons across Iowa have raised more than 200,000 pounds of food for local food pantries through grassroots efforts. — Isabelle Foland, Des Moines Register, 17 Sep. 2026 Ennis said most food pantries do not have the resources or the know-how to be able to have interpreting access on call at the ready. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026 Their story remains as a reminder that there are resources for pet owners in need of help through AHS’ Pet Resource Center including pet-friendly housing, food pantries and more. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026 In 2018, the nonprofit also streamlined its donations from around 100 food banks and food pantries to 12 central agencies — like Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, Yolo Food Bank and Feeding the Foothills, said Operations Manager Zoe Edwards. — Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026 The league could expand its existing community programs by partnering with food banks, funding mobile food pantries, providing meals to children during the offseason and directing team charitable dollars toward local food-security programs. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Even though barn doors were a popular choice to separate closets, pantries, and bedrooms a decade ago, study participants are calling them out for not being functional. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Still, paring down can declutter cupboards and lead to a smaller collection that'll actually get used.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Cole recalled how, at the close of those early shows, the drawings were removed from their frames and returned to Auckland, to be put back in their cupboards.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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Instead of shopping for décor, homeowners will increasingly shop their own closets, attics and family storage.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The banknotes, which were wrapped in cellophane and stacked in neat rows under floor and wall tiles and in hidden drawers in wardrobe closets, were carried out in plastic mop buckets and placed in an armored vehicle.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

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