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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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The dress was cast in a shade chocolaty brown and featured a statement-making keyhole cutout on the bodice.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Trump sees reality through a keyhole that shows him only what interests him.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
Noun
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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
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After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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Other options Korbel had to decide: how many buttons on the suit’s jacket, which kind of buttons, whether to have a Milanese buttonhole on the suit’s lapel, color of the liner, shape and size of pocket flaps, side vent or not.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Accessibility The hotel entrance is connected to accessible guest rooms via an accessible route with elevators.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The atmosphere had changed—security kept an eye out for media to turn away at the entrance, and golfers clammed up when asked what was going on at the club.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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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 22 May. 2026.
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