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Recent Examples of sea chest
Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.
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David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea chest
Noun
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The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 July 2025
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The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The males strut, coo, puff their chests and enthusiastically preen to court females.—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Because of its delicate nature, a special crate has to be built for its transport.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The tale conjures up the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the wood crate containing the Ark of the Covenant is reposited among thousands of similar containers in a US government storage facility.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The women are wearing Sandro coverups and sundresses and then men are in Vilebrequin swim trunks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Mind Your Mulch Mulch should be three to four inches deep around the plant, and four to six inches from the trunk.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Place the geode in the egg carton to dry.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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Land O'Lakes recommends freezing sticks in their original carton.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Due process stood in the way of keeping the innocent and the virtuous safe.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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When authorities served a search warrant at his home, agents found an AK-47, a shotgun and 10 firearms in a safe.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Master Lock Portable Small Lockbox Another item that can keep high-value items extra safe is a portable small lockbox.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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Unlike so many other places in Europe, with their EasyJet hubs and lockbox-enabled Airbnbs, the Jungfrau region's hospitality is, at this point, part of the traditional culture of the area—not some frantic, ad hoc adjustment made in the past decade.—
Alice Gregory,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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