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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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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
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Anyone with information about a Purple Heart return, particularly a safe-deposit box connected to Robert Cawthon, is urged to contact the Illinois treasurer’s office at claimantconnect@illinoistreasurer.gov.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
Noun
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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
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Each room has six beds with bedbug-proof mattresses and a footlocker for personal effects.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Wireless transmission: The chest device sends the data wirelessly to a computer or smartphone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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Arsene Wenger had a lot to get off his chest in the autumn of 2015.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The videos circulating on social media show a yellow delivery truck, back door open with crates of tortillas and produce neatly stacked on the ground.—
Liz Baker,
NPR,
21 June 2025
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Toss it in the backseat on a road trip, line their crate with it, or bring it to the park or backyard party — dogs will love it just as much as their favorite chew toy.—
Jeaneen Russell,
People.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The rash generally appears three to five days after the first symptoms, beginning as flat red spots on the face and then spreading downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Remove Suckers and Water Sprouts Suckers growing from the base or trunk of a citrus tree are vigorous shoots that grow rapidly and produce lots of new leaves that attract citrus leaf miners.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Land O'Lakes recommends freezing sticks in their original carton.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
19 June 2025
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When planting time arrives, cut the cardboard cartons apart and plant them right along with your seedlings. 7.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Combs wanted Muhammad to go into his personal safe and count out $1,137,000 in cash by hand.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
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But Lee Foster — the former intern who became the space’s co-owner in 2010, after helping rescue it from financial ruin — keeps his drawings by the singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston in a small safe in the corner of his office, each page bound in plastic in a lime-green three-ring binder.—
Grayson Haver Currin Eli Durst,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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In November, her government outlawed lockboxes and megaphones in the city center.—
John Last,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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Each of the sturdy lockboxes, custom-made to withstand the urban rigors, is a water sampling station maintained by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection.—
Yuvraj Khanna,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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