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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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Five minutes after half-time, Dominic Calvert-Lewin had the space to guide an improvised finish home with his chest, after Gruev was allowed far too much room to cross from the edge of the box.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Respiratory Conditions Chronic respiratory conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect your lungs and airways, causing symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The entrance to Valley View Elementary School in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights resembles a food pantry these days, with cabinets filled with cans of food products and plastic crates brimming with children’s clothes.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Billboards were even erected this year in Munich, reminding fans that the memorial is an alcohol-free zone after a couple of fans brought crates of beer last time round.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One counselor broke a side window with a camper's trunk, and the campers floated out on mattresses.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the 19th century, scientists initially thought Prototaxites was the rotten trunk of a conifer.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cut the egg carton apart into 12 separate fire starters.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
3 Feb. 2026
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If you were born in the 1990s, your orange juice likely came ready-to-drink in a cardboard carton.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jay Reed's business is cutting keys and selling safes at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As a closed loop with its own revenue, the meter arrangement might end up in a lockbox outside of any restructuring.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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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,
11 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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