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Recent Examples of peephole
The audience watches the Lumière at its original speed as time hurries by within the world of Bi’s movie, the scene not breaking the fourth wall so much as boring a peephole through it.
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Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Request to see their badge or ID through a window or peephole.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Nov. 2025
But that peephole field of vision was nothing compared to what Cernan now had.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
The man looked out his peephole and saw Gieske and heard the noise of someone shaking a lighter fluid can.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Request to see their badge or ID through a window or peephole.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Nov. 2025
But that peephole field of vision was nothing compared to what Cernan now had.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
The man looked out his peephole and saw Gieske and heard the noise of someone shaking a lighter fluid can.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peephole
Noun
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Lipa began micro-dosing bridal dressing shortly after, stunning in a white off-the-shoulder dress during a family outing in May, a keyhole cutout gown at Schiaparelli's Paris Fashion Week show in July, and a side boob-baring frock during a trip to Miami in September.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
31 May 2026
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Dominica has designated 300 square miles of marine reserve as off-limits to humans, and leaves open the slimmest keyhole for tourists to swim with the mammals.—
Adam Erace,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Erasures from his the poet’s journals narrate the speaker’s visit to his father in prison through the pinhole of what’s left of memory.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The only telltale signs of the electronics hidden in the temples are a single power button, a four-contact connector, pinhole microphones, and thin speaker grille slits.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When a maid stood directly facing a noblewoman to dress her, buttons on the wearer’s left side were lined up perfectly for the maid to use her dominant right hand to fit them into the buttonholes.—
Caroline Kobia,
The Conversation,
21 May 2026
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Afterward, the garments are made locally by a single jacket maker, trouser maker and buttonhole-finisher—each is touched by just four individuals.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
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The resort also has an ADA check-in counter, wheelchair-friendly entrance paths, and ADA seating at Jory.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Conditions at the cave entrance remain challenging, with the latest rainfall causing flash flooding.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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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
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peephole. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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