side table

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Recent Examples of side table Any seating area could benefit from a convenient side table for placing down snacks, drinks, and, of course, TV remotes. Jacquelyn McGilvray, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026 David Gallos’s scenic design showcases a modest but welcoming home where Bertha’s biscuits bake in the oven, a box of dominoes lies tucked on a side table, and warm coffee heats on the stove. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026 The biggest changes came when Cunnick furnished the place, bringing in Noguchi lamps, a Richard Tuttle chair and lamps, and a Judd side table and daybed, which served as seating in a dining nook. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026 The lights are offered as a set of two or four, and they can be easily hung from a tree, staked at the beginning of a pathway, or simply placed on a side table. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for side table
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side table
Noun
  • Expect some wrangling over who gets to buy the Jean Prouvé aluminum sideboard at the Laffanour booth.
    Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • If there's a Southern sideboard in view, there's a casserole dish brimming with corn pudding on it.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Food and drink The breakfast buffet offers a regularly replenished range of fresh fruit, yogurt, breads, pastries, and juices.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
  • The event will include a panel interview session, as well as appetizers, a pizza buffet and a cash bar.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Scenic designer Tim Mackabee has fashioned a comfortable A-frame house interior with living room dominated by the piano, a central couch, a card table and a kitchen off to the side.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • The following weekend, the final 10 players in the World Series of Art Poker convened at a card table set up at The Living Room, a super-private Hollywood member’s club—and Kylie was nowhere to be seen.
    Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The 30-seat Soho counter restaurant makes each roll to order, placing them directly into your palm to be eaten on the spot.
    Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • As words have incantatory power to shift elements of fate, as well as matters of the heart, this project calls forward questions around an alleged family curse from Nagasaki and the writing process as its own counter-spell.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • That table seats four, and a separate lower seating area splits two chairs with a tea table.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
  • There is a low tea table, common in many Chinese businesses, as well as a green screen area for people to use for livestreams.
    Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The blueprint would require removing carpeting, adding nurses stations, emergency backup power, electrical outlets, mobile workstations, linen hampers and bed tables, among other changes.
    Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Convinced that copper has germ-fighting qualities, the hospital system invested in copper surfaces for countertops and bed rails, bed tables and other furniture.
    Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2018
Noun
  • Its entrance opens onto the living room, which is furnished with a sofa and a small coffee table.
    Adam Williams May 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026
  • His younger brother Luca Dotti’s offerings, the 2013 coffee table book Audrey in Rome and the 2015 cookbook Audrey at Home, are lighter and brighter, more focused on the shiny surface of his mother’s legacy.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026

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“Side table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20table. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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