as in keyhole
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Recent Examples of peephole
After flipping on the light in the small vestibule, Sister Proba looked through the peephole.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.
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Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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.
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Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peephole
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.
—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for peephole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peephole
Noun
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Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were believed to have been sleeping at a keyhole arch between Panther Beach and Yellow Back Beach northeast of Santa Cruz on June 10 when they were caught by the high tide, according to a Santa Cruz County fire captain.
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There was something fundamentally literary about this endeavor; where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?
Noun
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An indirect viewing method, such as a pinhole projector to cast images of the Sun, can also be used to see the partial phases of the eclipse, NASA said.
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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.
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.
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Plus, it’s easily affixed to baby’s neckline using the adjustable buttonhole closures.
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Line dance at lunch The line inside Boss Hog on Tuesday stretched from the ordering counter to the entrance, which isn’t saying much since, according to Catawba County property records, the entire building is about 1,200 square feet.
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The explosion at an apartment building entrance in Monaco occurred late Monday.
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.
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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.
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peephole. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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